Literary and Rhetorical Devices

Front

Theme

Back

The message or lesson

Front

Juxtaposition

Back

Front

Text Structure

Back

How the author organizes the text

Front

Text Features

Back

Graph, Chart, Picture, Caption, Bold, Italics

Front

Central Idea

Back

What the text is mainly about - generally not details

Front

Author’s Purpose

Back

Why the author wrote: persuade, inform, entertain

Front

Chiasmus

Back

Inverting words: When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Front

Irony

Back

Opposite of what is expected. Michael Jordan's favorite sport it Baseball not basketball.

Front

Metaphor

Back

Front

Simile

Back

A comparison saying one thing is like or as another.