7TH GRADE ELA Literary devices/ Elements Review

Alliteration:

• The repetition of initial consonant sounds

• A reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art

• Techniques a writer uses to create and develop a character

• Poetry that does not conform to a regular meter or rhyme scheme.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Characterization:

• Language that has meaning beyond the literal meaning

• A technique that involves surprising, interesting, or amusing contradictions or contrasts.

• Techniques a writer uses to create and develop a character

• Important hints that an author drops to prepare the reader for what is to come

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Onomatopoeia:

• Words or phrases that appeal to the reader’s senses.

• Interruption of the chronological (time) order to present something that occurred before the beginning of the story

• The repetition of initial consonant sounds

• The use of words that imitate sounds. Examples would be hiss, buzz, swish, and crunch.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Figurative Language:

• Words or phrases that appeal to the reader’s senses.

• Language that has meaning beyond the literal meaning; also known as “figures of speech.”

• Writing that comments humorously on human flaws, ideas, social customs, or institutions in order to change them.

• Poetry that does not conform to a regular meter or rhyme scheme.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Point of View:

• Perspective from which the story is told

• A made-up story that is based on a real time and place in history, so fact is mixed with fiction.

• A feeling of excitement, curiosity, or expectation about what will happen

• Person, place, or thing that represents something beyond itself

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

First-person:

• narrator is a character in the story; uses “I,” “we,” etc.

• narrator outside the story; uses “he,” “she,” “they”

• narrator tells only what one character perceives

• narrator can see into the minds of all characters.

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Third-person Objective:

• narrator is a character in the story; uses “I,” “we,” etc.

• narrator outside the story; uses “he,” “she,” “they” The reader knows no thoughts and feelings

• narrator tells only what one character perceives

• narrator can see into the minds of all characters.

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Third-person limited:

• narrator is a character in the story; uses “I,” “we,” etc.

• narrator outside the story; uses “he,” “she,” “they”

• narrator tells only what one character perceives

• narrator can see into the minds of all characters.

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Third-person omniscient:

• narrator is a character in the story; uses “I,” “we,” etc.

• narrator outside the story; uses “he,” “she,” “they”

• narrator tells only what one character perceives

• narrator can see into the minds of all characters.

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Suspense:

• A feeling of excitement, curiosity, or expectation about what will happen.

• Person, place, or thing that represents something beyond itself, most often something concrete or tangible that represents an abstract idea.

• A made-up story that is based on a real time and place in history, so fact is mixed with fiction.

• Writing that attempts to show life as it really is.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4