Literary Devices

The perspective from which the story is told 1st, 3rd limited, 3rd omniscient.

• Point of View
• Theme
• Mood
• Tone

The main character experiencing the conflict in a story.

• Protagonist
• Antagonist
• Tragic Hero
• Dynamic Character

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Character / Force that is in conflict with the protagonist.

• Antagonist
• Tragic Hero
• Dynamic Character
• Round Character

Language that creates pictures by appealing to the senses.

• Imagery
• Theme
• Mood
• Diction

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The writer tells the reader what the characters are like.

• Indirect Characterization
• Direct Characterization
• Setting
• Theme

The writer shows the reader what the characters are and allows the reader to be the judge.

• Direct Characterization
• Indirect Characterization
• Connotation
• Denotation

The author's choice of words (purposeful language).

• Diction
• Rhetoric
• Idiom
• Tone

Use of language to persuade the reader / audience to think / feel a certain way.

• Diction
• Rhetoric
• Words
• Verbal Irony

A character that is fully developed.

• Round Character
• Flat Character
• Tragic Hero
• Protagonist

An event occurs that violates expectations.

• Situational Irony
• Irony
• Idiom
• Point of View