Literary devices!
A comparison using "like" or "as"
What is simile?
Giving human characteristics to something non-human
What is personfication?
"Wearily wandering wolves"
What is alliteration?
An exaggerated statement
What is hyperbole?
The ending of the short story - The Sniper - is an example of this type of irony.
What is situational irony?
"There's bitter butter in this batter"
What is alliteration?
The moral or lesson the author wants us to know.
What is the Theme?
The main idea of the story
What is the Topic?
Words that repeat vowel sounds
What is assonance?
Jumbo shrimp is an example of this
What is an oxymoron?
Apparently contradictory terms that appear directly alongside one another
What is an oxymoron?
An offhand reference to a person/place/event/another work of literature within a text
What is an allusion?
This point of view is when the story is told by a narrator who knows what the thoughts and feelings of just ONE character.
What is third person limited Point of View?
Direct comparisons that state one thing is another.
What is metaphor?
The use of an object or phenomenon to represent a more abstract idea
What is symbolism?
TRUE OR FALSE: Situational Irony is when the audience knows something is happening before the character themselves knows.
What is false? This is Dramatic Irony
"the wind danced across the field" is an example of this
What is personification
This type of irony is like sarcasm.
What is verbal irony?
"That test was a piece of cake!" is an example of this literary device.
What is an idiom?
"When I was a little girl, I remember how much I loved that place..." This is an example of this literary device.
What is a flashback?