Literary Devices Pretest

The main character of a literary work; who the author is supposed to "root for"

• protagonist
• antagonist
• hero
• the good guy

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

The character (or force) who is in conflict withe the main character

• protagonist
• antagonist
• bad guy
• villain

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

The time and place a story occurs

• location
• setting
• protagonist
• antagonist

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Language that appeals to the senses

• irony
• point of view
• imagery
• setting

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

the perspective from which a story is told

• point of view
• protagonist
• characterization
• setting

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

The person telling the story

• narrator
• interruptor
• stock character
• antagonist

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

a reference to a person, place, or event from literature, history, sports, politics, pop culture, etc

• irony
• imagery
• allusion
• assumption

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

When reality is different than expectation

• verbal irony
• situational irony
• dramatic irony

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

When the reader/audience knows what is going to happen, but the characters do not

• verbal irony
• dramatic irony
• situational irony

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

When what is said is different from what is meant

• verbal irony
• dramatic irony
• situational irony

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A