Literary Device Review

Something that is given multiple levels of meaning (literal, symbolic, or moral)

• Allegory
• Allusion
• Fallacy
• Motif

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

Something is unclear or has more than one meaning

• Dialect
• Ambiguity
• Euphemism
• Paradox

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The opposite of what is meant is said (sarcasm)

• Dramatic Irony
• Connotation
• Verbal Irony
• Denotation

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

The story is told by one character; uses "I" when speaking

• 3rd Ominscient POV
• 1st POV
• 3rd Limited POV
• Perspective

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

Literature that is intended to teach a lesson or make an ethical statement

• Flashback
• Foreshadowing
• Didactic
• Moral

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

A mistaken belief- especially one based on an unsound argument

• Euphemism
• Hyperbole
• Bias
• Fallacy

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

A contradiction in terms (ex: Jumbo Shrimp)

• Oxymoron
• Metaphor
• Inference
• Characterization

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

A character that does not change from the beginning of the story to the end

• Static Character
• Dynamic Character
• Flat Character
• Round Character

A question that does not require an answer

• Leading Question
• Rhetorical Question
• Difficult Question
• Inferred Question

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Based on or influenced by personal feelings, tastes, or opinions

• Subjective
• Objective
• Credible
• Bias

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D