Literary Devices (Seniors)

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The moral or message readers should learn from the story  (Does the character learn something or change?  How is conflict resolved?)

• Climax
• Key Detail
• Conflict
• Theme

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main character who carries the action forward; in almost every scene (hero)

• 1st person point of view
• antagonist
• protagonist
• 3rd person point of view

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How the text makes the reader feel (Ex. Peaceful, eerie, humorous, sad)

• description
• mood
• analysis
• tone

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People, animals, or creatures in a story or drama

• narrator
• personification
• characters
• exposition

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Uses "I" and is usually the main character in the story

• 1st person point of view
• 2nd person point of view
• 3rd person point of view
• biography

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Comparison of unlike things that uses "like" "as" or "than" (Ex. This room is like an oven.)

• idiom
• metaphor
• personification
• simile

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Extreme exaggeration (Ex. My backpack weighs a ton.)

• hyperbole
• imagery
• simile
• personficiation

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Text that comes from the story used to support your analysis

• denotative meaning
• connotative meaning
• text evidence
• summary

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character or force who opposes the protagonist (villain)

• indirect characterization
• direct characterization
• antagonist
• protagonist

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the narrator or a character in the story tells us exactly what we need to know about a character

• anecdote
• direct characterization
• indirect characterization
• inference

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Uses "you" and reader is a character in the story

• 1st person point of view
• 2nd person point of view
• 3rd person point of view
• mood

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Author's attitude about their subject (Ex. Admiring, critical, nostalgic, sarcastic)

• text structure
• mood
• tone
• 3rd person point of view

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Speaking of a nonhuman thing as if it has human feelings or actions (Ex. The wind moaned.)

• hyperbole
• idiom
• personification
• simile

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an object represents an idea (Ex. Rose represents beauty; Rain represents sadness)

• alliteration
• simile
• idiom
• symbolism

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Comparison of unlike things that states or implies that one thing is the other (Ex. It is an oven in here.)

• hyperbole
• metaphor
• personfication
• simile

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Narrator is not a character in the story and refers to all characters as "he" or "she"

• author
• 1st person point of view
• 2nd person point of view
• 3rd person point of view

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foreshadowing

• a past event inserted into a story
• summary of past events
• clues or hints about future events to happen
• summary of future events

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allusion

• an image
• an object that represents something else
• a reference to something famous in history, art, religion, etc.
• an overused phrase

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dramatic Irony

• Opposite happens but readers see it coming only
• Opposite happens but character see it coming only
• Opposite happens and readers & characters see it coming
• Opposite is said of what is meant; sarcasm

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"To restate a question" means 

• to reorder words from a question into a statement.
• to describe setting and characters.
• to find supportive details in the text.
• to state the main idea and mood. 

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Information gathered directly from the text to support reader's statement in response to the prompt is called 

• textual evidence
• character description
• foreshadowing
• composition 

Literary Terms

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Plot

The events in the story from the beginning until the end.

Setting

Where and when the story takes place.

Atmosphere

The emotional response the story creates for the reader.

Character

Who is involved in the story.Could be 1st person (using I) or 3rd person (using he-she)

Conflict

The challenges that occur.Is the conflict person vs person, self nature or society?

Theme

Themes are the main idea/message of the story that the author wants you to consider.

Tone

The author's attitude toward the subject of the story.

Foreshadowing

Occurs when the author hints about events that will happen

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The writer's attitude, either stated or implied in the writing.

• Mood

• Tone

• Purpose

• Conflict

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The intended target for a message

• Audience

• Characters

• Author

• Plot

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"I must have taken this Quizziz assessment at least a thousand times!" This is an example of:

• Irony

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Simile

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"Time is money." This is an example of:

• Simile

• Imagery

• Metaphor

• Allusion

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"Time flies when you're having fun." This is example of:

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Simile

• Hyperbole

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A comparison of two different things, usually using the words like or as

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Imagery

• Allusion

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The central or main idea of a text is:

• Thesis

• Theme

• Plot

• Purpose

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A logical guess made by connecting bits of information is known as:

• Allusion

• Inference

• Resolution

• Paradox

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When the outcome of a situation is the opposite of what one would normally expect is known as:

• Sarcasm

• Inference

• Irony

• Allusion

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Hints or clues as to what may happen later in the story

• Inference

• Foreshadowing

• Allusion

• Plot

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The atmosphere or feeling created by the author in a literary work is called:

• Plot

• Dialogue

• Tone

• Mood

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Purpose is the intended goal of a piece of writing.

• True

• False

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The point in a literary work at which the story's problem or conflict is worked out.

• climax

• falling action

• resolution

• purpose

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A scene that interrupts the sequence of events to reveal something that occurred in the past.

• flashback

• dialogue

• plot

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The narrator tells the story in third person from an all-knowing perspective

• limited

• omniscient

• subjective

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The use of language to create mental images in order to intensify the impact on the reader

• imagery

• mood

• tone

• figurative language

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When the audience knows something that the characters in the story do not, it is known as -

• situational irony

• dramatic irony

• allusion

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The perspective from which the events in the story are told is called -

• point of view

• author's purpose

• narrator

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The setting of a story includes -

• location

• time and location

• time, location, and environment

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A struggle between opposing forces that brings about dramatic action central to the plot is called

• conflict

• climax

• internal conflict