Literary Devices by Definitions
Interrupting the current timeline to go back to an earlier moment is the definition for which literary device?
Flashback
A character nervously waiting behind the door while an intruder searches the house for them would be a way to build what literary device?
Suspense
What do you call the message or take away of a story?
Theme
The murder in "The Tell-Tale Heart" is an example of what type of conflict?
Person Vs. Person
What do we call the feeling created for the audience/ reader?
Mood
Verbal irony
She was a brave lion is an example of what literary device?
Metaphor
Setting includes location and what other type of information?
Time
The hunt in "The Most Dangerous Game" is an example of what type of conflict?
Person vs. Person
In "The Most Dangerous Game" never underestimate others would be an example of what?
Theme
What do we call the narrators feelings on a topic?
Tone
She was like a brave lion charging into battle is an example of which literary device?
Metaphor
What are the two main types of characterization?
Direct and indirect
The questioning of the traditions in "The Lottery" is an example of what type of conflict?
Person vs. Society
What is the other name for a plot diagram?
Freytag's Pyramid
What do we call the literary device where the opposite of what we expect happens?
Situational Irony
The shipmates in "The Most Dangerous Game" saying the area is dangerous and mysterious while our main character shrugs it off is an example of which literary device?
Foreshadowing
What is the other name for the resolution of plot?
Denouement
The choice of which door to tell her partner in " The Lady or the Tiger" is what type of conflict?
Person vs. Self
What do you call the opening to a story?
The exposition
What do we call the literary device where a character makes a mistake due to lacking knowledge we as the audience have?
Dramatic Irony
A butterfly is an example of what literary device?
Symbolism
What is it called when a third person narrator has unlimited knowledge of character thoughts and emotions?
Omniscient
the ending of “Appointment in Baghdad” is an example of what type of conflict?
Person vs. fate
Character gestures would be a way of creating what?
Characterization