Literary Devices
This literary device involves the repetition of initial consonant sounds in neighboring words.
What is Alliteration?
The turning point in a narrative when the conflict reaches its peak.
What is the Climax?
This term refers to the process of reasoning to determine the meaning of an unfamiliar word based on surrounding text.
What is Context Clues?
This term describes a direct or indirect reference to another text, person, or event in literature.
What is an Allusion?
A category used to classify literary works, usually by form, technique or content (e.g., prose, poetry)
What is the Genre?
This occurs when a writer compares two unlike things without using "like" or "as."
What is a Metaphor?
This part of the plot involves the resolution of the conflicts and complications, following the climax.
What is the Falling Action?
This word refers to a word that has an opposite meaning to another word.
What is an Antonym?
A subtle presence of positive or negative attitudes that influence a piece of writing is known as this.
What is Bias?
Any story that is the product of imagination rather than a documentation of fact.
Fiction
This technique is used to create a sensory experience by describing something in a way that appeals to the senses.
What is Imagery?
This literary element is the sequence of events in a story that leads up to the climax.
What is the Rising Action?
This is a word or phrase with a broad or hidden meaning that goes beyond its dictionary definition.
What is Connotation?
When the author reveals information about characters indirectly through their actions, speech, or thoughts, it is called this.
What is Characterization?
Conversation between characters or speakers in a literary work.
What is Dialogue?
A recurring subject or theme in a literary work, often serving as a unifying idea.
What is a Motif?
This type of conflict involves a struggle between characters or forces, often leading to the main event of the story.
What is Conflict?
This is the term for a literary genre that involves real people, events, or facts written in a narrative or storytelling style.
What is Literary Nonfiction?
This type of language uses exaggerated terms to make a point, often for emphasis.
What is Hyperbole?
A written account of another person's life.
What is a Biography?
When an object or abstract idea is given human qualities or form, this literary device is being used.
What is Personification?
A character who symbolically represents abstract qualities such as justice, envy, or love is called this.
What is a Universal Character?
The term for a situation in which the expected outcome is different from what actually happens, often used to create humor or surprise.
What is Irony?
When an author tells the audience something indirectly or leaves it to be understood by the reader, this is called what?
What is Implicit Meaning?
The position of the narrator in relation to the story, as indicated by the narrator’s outlook from which the events are depicted (e.g., first person, third person limited, third person omniscient, etc).
What is Point of View?