Literary Devices
What is personification?
To give human thoughts, feelings, and characteristics to an animal or other objects.
"The sun smiled down on the children"
Who or what the story is about.
What is the main idea of a text.
What is the plot of a story?
The sequence of events in a story.
Being, middle, and end.
Rising action, climax, and falling action.
What is a synonyms and give an example.
words or phrases that are similar.
The house is HUGE.
The house is BIG.
What is an autobiography?
A story about someone's life, written by that person.
A comparison of two different things that unlike, using the words like or as.
"As busy as a bee"
What is a simile?
When a story is told in Fist Person, what key words do you look for?
I, we, me, us, our,, my, and myself.
Persons, animals, or creatures appearing in the story.
What is a character?
What is an antonym and give an example.
A word with opposite meaning.
Hot---->cold
Pretty---->ugly
Fat---->skinny
A story that has events that could never happen in real life.
What is Fantasy
Words that mimic sound.
"Boom! Bam! Bang!"
Words that mimic sound.
"Boom! Bam! Bang!"
What is an onomatopoeia?
When a story is told in Third Person Point of View what words are used?
He, She, Them, Their, Him, They.
What is a setting of a story?
Where the story7y takes place.
What is a homophone and give an example.
A word that sounds the same but have different spelling and meaning.
A BEAR in the woods.
A BARE tree in the woods.
A story that is not real and takes place in the past?
Historical fiction.
What is a metaphor?
A comparison of two things without using like or as.
"You are my sunshine".
"You light up my life".
Sometimes authors may not tell everything in a text so you have to use ______to fill in the holes?
Inferencing.
Using clues from the text plus what you know to bring the story together.
Lines in a poem are called what?
Stanza.
What is a homograph and give an example.
Words that are spelled the same but have different meanings.
A BASS is a type of fish.
A BASS is an instrument you can play.
A fantasy story often takes place in the future or on other planets using advanced technology?
Science Fiction
The repetition of the same initial consonant sound.
"She sells sea shells by the sea shore".
What is alliteration?
The prefix "re" means what?
again, once more.
Authors Purpose is as simple as_____?
P.I.E.
Persuade inform and entertain
Ate/eight is an example of what?
Homophones.
A story where the characters are trying to solve a puzzle?
Mystery