Literary Devices
Point of View
Plot Elements
Hodgepodge
True or False
100

Comparison of two unalike things that uses a connecting word such as LIKE or AS

SIMILE

100

The voice of the person telling the story.

NARRATOR

100

The ________ of a story is the series of related events.

PLOT

100

The atmosphere of a story or the feeling that readers get while reading.

MOOD

100

Figurative language is language that makes a comparison beyond its literal meaning.

TRUE...see page 35

200

Comparison of two unlike things that does not use a connecting word.

METAPHOR

200

A narrator who is not a character in the story, and who describes the action taking place from outside the story.

THIRD PERSON NARRATOR

200

The author introduces the characters and setting.

EXPOSITION

200

How the writer feels about the story's subject.

TONE

200

THEME is the same thing as PLOT.

FALSE...the PLOT is what happens in the story

See page 29

300

Giving human qualities to objects, natural elements, animals, or ideas.

PERSONIFICATION

300

This type of narrator describes the thoughts and feelings of only one character and only the events that character witnesses.

THIRD PERSON LIMITED 

300

The turning point of the story.

CLIMAX

300

A general statement about the life made by a piece of fiction.

THEME

300

The CONFLICT of a story is the story's main problem or struggle.

TRUE...see page 23

400

An exaggerated statement. It can have a humorous effect.

HYPERBOLE

400

The story is told from the perspective of this character.

FIRST PERSON NARRATOR

400

The final part of the story that brings the story to an end.

RESOLUTION

400

A judgement you make by combing information in a text with information you already know.

CONCLUSION

400

A word's CONTEXT does NOT include the words and sentences around the word.

FALSE...see page 39

500

A sound device in which words imitate or suggest the sounds they describe. Authors use these words to enhance imagery.

ONOMATOPOEIA

500

Narration that describes the thoughts, feelings, and actions of any character in the story.

THIRD PERSON OMNISCIENT

500

Hints about events that will occur later in the story.

FORESHADOWING

500

An educated guess about things NOT stated directly by the author.

INFERENCE

500

There are three types of DENOTATION: 

Neutral, Positive and Negative

FALSE...DENOTATION refers to the dictionary definition of the word.

See page 39