Literary Devices 9th Grade Week 1

This literary device, or technique is a part of a character. It it gives us great insight into the character and who they are as a person/being.

• Character

• Static Character

• Flat Character

• Characterization

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

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CCSS.RL.9-10.3

When a character thinks about something that has happened in the past, it is called a________________.

• Cliffhanger 
• Static 
• Foreshadowing 
• Flashback 

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

This is another word for story line. 

• Point of View 
• Plot 
• Rising Action 
• Falling Action 

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

This is apart of author’s craft, and it is used to help bring the writing to life.  This could be exaggeration, comparing things using like/as, or sound words.  

• Point of View 
• Author's Purpose 
• Static Character 
• Figurative Langauge 

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.11-12.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

This is the true hero of the story.  This is the character that we all love.  

• Theme 
• Static Character 
• Protagonist 
• Antagonist 

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

An expression that conveys the opposite belief of the speaker in a humorous way is called...

• foreshadowing

• metaphor

• irony

• simile

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Comparisons between two unlike things using the words "like" or "as" are called...

• similes

• alliteration

• metaphors

• dialects

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

A figure of speech that makes reference to a well-known person, event, or place is called...

• personification

• illusion

• imagery

• allusion

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

When an author gives animals, objects, ideas, or actions, the qualities of humans, he/she is using...

• dialect

• personification

• characterization

• symbolism

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

"Lightning danced across the sky. "

This is an example of:

• dialect

• idiom

• personification

• foreshadowing

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3