Literary Devices/Poetic Tools Review

The message or lesson the author is trying to convey in a literary piece.

• Climax

• Plot

• Conflict

• Theme

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

The perspective of narration that the author uses to tell a story and give insight on characters; example: 1st person, or 3rd person.

• Personification

• Point of View

• Imagery

• Plot

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

In fiction, this is the narrator's attitude toward the text. In non-fiction, this is the author's/speaker's attitude toward his subject.

• Setting

• Tone

• Mood

• Flashback

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

A poetic device where objects are given human characteristics.

• Protagonist

• Onomatopoeia

• Alliteration

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.8.6

The time period and location of a literary piece.

• Plot

• Setting

• Conflict

• Theme

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.8.6

An implied comparison between two things that does not use "like" or "as"

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Soliloquy

• Monologue

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

A warning or indication of a future event in a narrative

• Foreshadowing

• Flashback

• Theme

• Climax

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

When a poet deliberately writes a sentence in a grammatically unusual way.

• Imagery

• Assonance

• Tone

• Poetic Inversion

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

The major turning point of a story (the top of the narrative arc)

• Plot

• Setting

• Climax

• Conflict

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

A long, uninterrupted speech given from one character to another.

• Soliloquy

• Monologue

• Mood

• Dialogue

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.8.6