Literary Devices STAAR Review Part 1

Front

Define foreshadowing.

Back

A hint at something that will happen later.

Front

“Sometimes you do have to laugh to keep from crying... And you realize how happy you are in it, and you just gotta laugh.” - Jacqueline Woodson

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Second Person

Front

Main events of a story in sequence?

Back

Plot

Front

Tone of the passage: Mourning the deaths of 16 miners, reflecting on their bravery and the grief of their families.

Back

sorrowful

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Setting: Time and location in a story.

Back

The time and location in which a story takes place.

Front

Tone of the passage:

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confident

Front

Narrator uses "I", "me", "us"; story is in...

Back

1st person point of view

Front

Leslie sat in front of Paul with long, brown pigtails. Paul felt an urge to pull one. What narrative perspective is this?

Back

Third Person Limited

Front

Foreshadowing in the passage: It was 5:00 AM, everyone asleep. Mary smelled coffee and something sweet. They went to the dock, fog covered the lake.

Back

They might get into an accident or get lost on the lake due to the fog.