Literary Devices in Action
This device compares two unlike things using like or as.
What is a simile?
The part of the story where characters and setting are introduced.
What is the exposition?
The message or lesson the author wants the reader to understand.
What is theme?
This point of view uses the pronouns I, me, my.
What is first person point of view?
A person who tells the story.
What is the narrator?
“The classroom was a zoo” is an example of this.
What is a metaphor?
The main problem or struggle in a story.
What is the conflict?
“Hard work pays off” is an example of what in a story?
What is the theme?
This point of view uses he, she, they and focuses on one character’s thoughts.
What is third person?
Words spoken by characters in a story.
What is dialogue?
Giving human traits to nonhuman things is called this.
What is personification?
This type of conflict occurs when a character struggles with their own thoughts or feelings.
What is internal conflict?
Which of the following is a theme: friendship or the importance of friendship?
What is “the importance of friendship”?
Which point of view uses he, she, or they?
What is third person point of view?
A hint or clue that suggests what will happen later in the story.
What is foreshadowing?
Repeating consonant sounds at the beginning of words.
What is alliteration?
The turning point or most intense moment of the story.
What is the climax?
The theme of a story is usually revealed through this element the most.
What are characters’ actions and choices?
(also acceptable: events in the plot)
If a story is told using I and only one character’s thoughts, it is written in this point of view.
What is first person point of view?
Words that help you figure out the meaning of an unfamiliar word.
What are context clues?
When the audience knows something a character does not.
What is dramatic irony?
The part of the story where loose ends are tied up and the conflict is resolved.
What is the resolution?
A theme should be written as this, not a single word.
What is a complete sentence?
“You walk into the room and feel everyone staring at you” is written in this point of view.
What is second person point of view?
An author’s attitude toward a topic or character.
What is tone?