Literary Devices
A reference to a well-known person, event, or work of art.
Allusion
Focusing on form, content and structure is using what lens?
Formalist
A pause or break in something, like a TV series or a career.
Hiatus
Someone who doesn’t eat or drink much—especially avoiding indulgence.
Abstemious
The largest planet in the solar system
Jupitar
The repetition of the same beginning sound in nearby words.
Alliteration
Making personal connections to a text while reading is using what lens?
Reader Response
Acting bravely, especially in the face of danger.
Valiantly
Relating to the title or name of something (like a book or movie).
Titular
The only continent that is also a country
Australia
“Boom! Crash! The thunder roared across the sky.”
Give a definition of intersectionality
Our experiences are affected by many aspects of identity such as race, class, sexuality, and ethnicity.
Deserving praise or admiration.
Laudable
To give or produce something in large amounts.
Profusely
This person wrote Romeo and Juliet.
“The fire crackled and the room filled with warmth — then the phone rang.” (Hint: a shift that hints at future events.)
Foreshadowing
This approach sees books as influenced by the society and money systems they come from.
Marxist
A feeling of being completely confident about something.
Certitude
Very loud or booming
Stentorian
The year the Titanic Sank
“He was a rock, standing firm in the storm.”
Metaphor
What is exploitation?
People are seen more like things to use rather than real people.
To treat someone as a celebrity or hero.
Lionize
A package of several things tied together
Sheaf
The longest river in the world
Nile