Literary Devices/Terms
Literary device in which a writer evokes one or more of a reader's senses - sight, taste, sound, smell, or touch.
What is imagery?
The official first day of Winter (date).
What is December 21?
The main events that make up a story.
What is plot?
Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer.
What is a alliteration?
Jim and Della's prize possessions.
What are Della's hair and Jim's watch.
A literary device where the expected result contrasts with the actual result.
What is irony?
The process by which animals sleep during the winter months.
What is hibernation?
A direct comparison using like or as.
What is a simile?
City sidewalks, busy sidewalks dressed in holiday style.
What is personification?
What is $1.78?
A direct comparison between two unlike things in order to emphasize something about one of those things.
What is a metaphor?
What are Christmas, Hanukah, Kwanzaa, New Year’s Day, Groundhogs Day, President’s Day, Martin Luther King, Jr day, and Valentine’s Day?
The main character in a literary work.
What is the protagonist?
You're a bad banana with a greasy black peel.
What is metaphor?
The author of The Gift of the Magi.
Who is O. Henry?
A genre of nonfiction written from the perspective of the author and usually focuses on one specific time period, or event(s) in the author's life.
What is a memoir?
The number of sides on a snowflake.
What is 6?
Phrases that convey a meaning different from the literal meaning of their words.
What are idioms?
Thumpity thump thump, look at Frosty go.
What is onomatopoeia?
The author's mention of Queen of Sheba and King Solomon is an example of this literary device.
What is an allusion?
An author's choice of specific words.
What is diction?
This country has the top 3 snowiest cities in the world.
What is a Japan?
A specific type of irony when the reader or audience of a play know something that the characters do not.
What is dramatic irony?
Deck the halls with boughs of holly.
What is an idiom?
A theme Gift of the Magi.
What is:
Love is more important than material possessions?
It's the thought that counts?
People in love make sacrifices for each other?