Literary Devices and Elements
"The stars danced playfully in the night sky" is an example of what?
Personification
Give three examples of 'mood' words.
examples: happy, peaceful, eerie, cozy, mysterious, gloomy, tense, hopeful, etc.
What is the following an example of?
"A fire station burns down."
Irony
What is the difference between the following statements?:
"The classroom was a zoo"
"The classroom was like a zoo"
One is a metaphor and two is a simile
Give three examples of onomatopoeia
examples: moo, crack, cling, bang, crash, tik tok, ring ring, oink, etc.
In "All Summer in a Day" the author states "The children pressed to each other like so many roses, so many weeds". What is this an example of?
Simile
Make the following sentence more vivid through the use of imagery: "The sun rose over the trees."
example: "The golden sun stretched its arms over the sleepy trees."
What do the books, magazines, and candy symbolize when Moina brings them to the camps in 'The Poppy Lady"?
Hope
What literary device is used when the author of 'The Poppy Lady' writes, "spirits of soldiers floated above a battleground covered in white crosses and bright red poppies".
Personification and Imagery
What is the lesson the character learns in 'The Sweetest Fig'?
Treat others the way you want to be treated.
What is ironic about the children's behaviour and the story's ending in 'All Summer in a Day'?
They wait years for the sun but cause Margot to miss it.
What Point of View is 'The True Story of the Three Little Pigs'?
First-Person Point of View
What are the two contrasting moods in the story 'The Harmonica' by Tony Johnston?
Happy and Playful when he is with his family. Lonely and depressing when he is in the camp.
What is mood?
Mood is the feeling a reader gets from a piece of writing, through imagery.
What point of view is the traditional story of 'The Three Little Pigs'?
Third-person Omniscient
What clues foreshadow the ending of 'All Summer in a Day'?
Margot's isolation, the children's jealousy, the description of the rain, etc.
Describing the city at night as “glittering like a blanket of stars fallen to earth” uses this type of comparison.
Simile
In 'April Rain Song' by Langston Hughes, what is being personified?
The rain
What are some examples of foreshadowing in 'Lamb to the Slaughter'?
Calling a difficult challenge “a mountain waiting to be climbed” is an example of this figurative device.
Metaphor
What is the difference between 'topic' and 'theme'?
Topic is what the story is about. Theme is the message or lesson the author wants to convey about life or human nature.
Why do writers use similes and metaphors?
Writers use similes and metaphors to create vivid images, express emotions, making their writing more engaging.
How does the reader know more than the detectives in 'Lamb to the Slaughter'? (Hint: Type of Irony)
Dramatic Irony
How does the ending of 'The Gift of the Magi' show situational irony?
Both of the characters sacrifice their most prized possessions to buy gifts for each other that become useless.
A comparison that equates two unlike things to convey a deeper symbolic truth—such as describing grief as “an ocean with no shore”—demonstrates which two literary techniques?
Symbolism and Metaphor