Elements of Style--Tell-Tale Heart

A person, place, thing, or event that has meaning in itself and stands for something beyond itself as well.

• Symbol
• Foreshadowing
• Dramatic Irony
• Situational Irony

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Language that appeals to the senses.

• Imagery
• Symbol
• Foreshadowing
• Dramatic Irony

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

A comparison between two unlike things, using "like," or "as."

• Simile
• Imagery
• Symbol
• Foreshadowing

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

A comparison between two unlike things without "like" or "as."

• Metaphor
• Simile
• Imagery
• Symbol

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

A figure of speech where an object or animal is given human characteristics.

• Personification
• Metaphor
• Simile
• Imagery

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The uncertainty or anxiety that a reader feels about what will happen next in a story.

• Suspense
• Personification
• Metaphor
• Simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is said is the opposite of what is true or what is meant.

• Verbal Irony
• Suspense
• Personification
• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The situation is the opposite of what you would expect.

• Situational Irony
• Verbal Irony
• Suspense
• Personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The readers know something that the character does not--Hitchcock special!

• Dramatic Irony
• Situational Irony
• Verbal Irony
• Suspense

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3