Devices
an attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience
What is tone?
One character in a story has a problem with one or more of the other characters
What is person vs. person?
the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
What is an alliteration
the place where the action of a story occurs
What is setting?
is the method the author uses to reveal characters and their personalities
What is characterization?
the author's style, the quality that makes his or her writing unique, and which conveys the author's attitude, personality, and character
What is voice?
A character has a problem with some elements of society: the school, the law, the accepted way of doing things
What is person vs. society?
A reference to something outside of the text
What is allusion ?
the use of particular words that create visual representation of ideas in our minds appealing to the 5 senses.
What is imagery?
refers to the category or type of literature based on its style, form, and content.
What is genre?
the atmosphere of a literary piece, that creates an emotional setting that surrounds the readers.
What is the mood?
A character has a problem deciding what to do in a certain situation
What is person vs. self?
a short little story or tale within the larger story
What is anecdote?
a phrase that is understood to mean something quite different from what individual words of the phrase would imply.
What is idiom?
is the particular value or lesson the author is trying to get across to the reader
What is the moral?
when the main character struggles against some other force
What is conflict?
A character has a problem with nature: heat, cold, a tornado, an avalanche, or any other element of nature.
What is person vs. nature?
a single or group of characters, which stands in opposition to the protagonist (main character)
What is antagonist?
the mode of narration that an author employs to let the readers “hear” and “see” what takes place in a story.
What is point of view?
the high point of a story where the conflict is resolved
What is the climax?
a way of convincing an audience of an argument by creating an emotional response to an impassioned plea or a convincing story
What is pathos?
A character must battle with what seems to an uncontrollable problem.
What is person vs. fate?
a comparison in which an idea or a thing is compared to another thing that is quite different from it.
What is an analogy?
writing to convince or persuade the targeted audience by employing reason or logic.
What is logos?
is the statement about life that a writer is trying to get across in a piece of writing
What is the theme?