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.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

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.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

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.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

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.9-10.5

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.11-12.5A

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

• Foreshadowing
• Hyperbole
• Imagery
• Irony

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

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.8.5A

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.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

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.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D