Literary Devices Keystone Terms #2

An implied or indirect reference in literature to a familiar or famous person, place, or event

• Allusion
• Dialogue
• Figurative Language
• Flashback

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

A conversation between characters or speakers in a literary work or the speech of characters in a drama

• Allusion
• Dialogue
• Figurative Language
• Flashback

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.W.11-12.3B

Language that cannot be taken literally since it was written to create a special effect or feeling

• Allusion
• Dialogue
• Figurative Language
• Flashback

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

An organizational device used in literature to present action that occurred before the current or present time of the story. They are often introduced as recollections or memories of characters.

• Allusion
• Dialogue
• Figurative Language
• Flashback

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

An organizational device used in literature to create expectation or to set up an explanation of later developments.

• Foreshadowing
• Hyperbole
• Imagery
• Irony

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

An exaggeration or overstatement (Ex. I had to wait forever).

• Foreshadowing
• Hyperbole
• Imagery
• Irony

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

Descriptive or figurative language in a literary work; the use of language to create sensory impressions

• Foreshadowing
• Hyperbole
• Imagery
• Irony

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The use of a word or phrase to mean the exact opposite of its literal or usual meaning; incongruity or disconnect between the actual result of a sequence of events and the expected result

• Foreshadowing
• Hyperbole
• Imagery
• Irony

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

Tool used by the author to enliven and provide voice to the text (Ex. Dialogue, alliteration, imagery, etc.)

• Literary Device
• Metaphor
• Motif
• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

The comparison of two unlike things WITHOUT using like or as (Ex. Her eyes were a vast ocean)

• Literary Device
• Metaphor
• Motif
• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D