Literary Devices
Use of figurative language to express a sensory experience or create a picture with words for a reader.
What is imagery?
This is the very beginning of the story, and sets up characters, setting, and daily life.
What is exposition?
Placement of the elements of the visual in relation to one another.
What is composition?
You need to include this whenever you are starting a new paragraph.
What is an indent?
This book is about Michael and Francis as they grew up in Scarborough.
What is Brother?
The central insight, idea, focus, or message of a work, stated indirectly or directly.
What is theme?
This is the highest point of tension or where the conflict must be faced.
What is the climax?
Converging parallel lines that move away from the viewer appear to converge at the horizon in this classic phenomenon.
What is vanishing point?
Spacing is important, and teachers want to see this type of spacing in your essay.
What is double-spacing?
What is Romeo and Juliet?
Something that represents or stands for something else. It expresses a concrete image, but below the surface, it represents an abstract idea or emotion.
What is symbol?
This is the moment that the problem arises and things change for the main character.
What is the inciting incident?
The illumination of scenes; can help set mood/tone of the image.
What is lighting?
When including a quoation, you should always include this afterwards.
Hint: it looks like this (______ , ____)
What is author's last name and page number?
In this dystopian novel, people are kidnapping Indigenous people for their dreams.
What is The Marrow Thieves?
The techniques used to portray or describe a character. ( ie- through a character’s dialogue, actions and interactions, or thoughts).
What is characterization?
The moments that lead to the wrap up of the story.
What is the falling action?
When the camera is looking directly down from a very high place, it is this type of angle.
What is bird's eye view?
Your introduction needs to include this to share the argument of your essay.
What is a thesis statement?
Napoleon, Snowball, and Boxer are just a few characters in this (short) novel by George Orwell.
What is Animal Farm?
Based on a situation that contrasts what the character perceives with what the audience and/or other characters know to be true. Often the character expects the opposite of what fate actually holds in store for them.
What is dramatic irony?
This can be added as an extra chapter, but not all books have this.
What is an epilogue/denouement?
This relates to how far/close the camera is to the subject.
What is distance/proxemics?
Teachers are looking for these FOUR things in the top left corner of your essay.
What is name, teacher's name, course code, and due date?
What is The Hunger Games?