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Examples of Literary Devices
Definitions of terms
Story Elements
Genre
Potpourri
100
"I'm so hungry, I could eat an elephant."
What is hyperbole?
100
A comparison of two things not using like or as.
What is a metaphor?
100
The time and location of the events described in a literary work?
What is the setting?
100
A brief story, usually with animal characters that teaches a lesson or a moral.
What is a fable?
100
The events are told by a character in the story.
What is first person point of view?
200
She had a "Mona Lisa smile"
What is an allusion?
200
An author's use of hints or clues to to give a reader an idea of what may happen next.
What is foreshadowing?
200
The events that occur in the falling action of a story's plot.
What is resolution?
200
Writing that tells about imaginary characters and events.
What is fiction?
200
Section in a literary piece that interrupts the sequence of events in order to relate an earlier incident or set of events.
What is a flashback?
300
"I've been to the dentist many times so I know the drill. "
What is a pun?
300
The quality of a character, what a character is like.
What is a character trait?
300
Problem or struggle between a character and an outside force.
What is external conflict?
300
Writing that tells about real people, places, objects, or events.
What is nonfiction?
300
Anything that stands for a or represents something else.
What is a symbol?
400
"There was a deafening silence"
What is an oxymoron?
400
Words or phrases that appeal to one or more of the five senses and help to create a vivid description for the reader.
What is imagery?
400
The highest point of action in a story, often a turning point.
What is climax?
400
form of nonfiction in which the writer tells the life story of another person.
What is biography?
400
The central character in a literary work. Usually the protagonist is in conflict against an opponent, or antagonist.
What is a protagonist?
500
"This homework is a piece of cake. I'll be done in no time."
What is an idiom?
500
Poetry that has irregular lines and may or may not rhyme.
What is free verse?
500
A central message, idea, or concern that is expressed in a literary work.
What is theme?
500
Poetry that tells a story.
What is narrative poetry?
500
The emotional or cultural association surrounding a word as opposed to its strict, literal dictionary meaning.
What is connotation?