Literary Devices
"Polly Pocket picked a purple plant" is an example of
alliteration
A factual, primary or less emotional description or word.
denotative
A mild or vague expression used instead of saying something more harsh.
idiom
A comparison between two objects without using "like" or "as"...
metaphor
An expression that cannot be understood from the literal meaning of its words.
Juxtaposition
A secondary or more emotional meaning for a word.
connotative
A well-painted mental image is called
imagery
The feeling the reader takes away with him or her after reading...
mood
The reader knows what the characters are thinking, saying and doing. ("God-like")
omniscient
The point of view where the reader only knows the actions and saying of the characters is called...
third person
An overused phrase, such as "busy as a beaver" is called...
cliché
Links the objects, characters, and events of a story with meanings beyond the literal meaning of the story.
allegory
The use of "I", "me", "mine" in a point of view is...
first person
An extreme exaggeration is called a
hyperbole
The author's feelings towards the subject or topic is called the...
tone
The contrast between what happens and what was expected.
situational irony
What are the 3 forms of conflict
man vs. the supernatural, man vs. himself, man vs. man
A contrast between what the character thinks to be true and what we (the reader) know to be true...
dramatic irony
The point of view where the narrator tells the story to another character using "you," so that the story is being told through the addressee's point of view?
second person
The contrast between what is said and what is meant is called..
verbal irony
The moral or message of the story is called the
theme
The giving of human-like traits to inanimate objects is...
personification
"Buzz" and "BAM!" are examples of
onomatopoeia
Which of the following is a simile?
"She is like an angel."
"jumbo shrimp"
"She is an angel."
"The wind whistled through the trees."
"She is like an angel."
"Military intelligence" and "jumbo shrimp" are examples of:
oxymoron