Literary Devices

What is tone?

• The writer's attitude toward the subject

• An example of foreshadowing

• How the characters respond to the problem

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

An inference uses clues provided by the author to figure things out

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

What is a flashback?

• Compares using like or as

• An exaggeration for effect in the story

• When the author gives hints and clues about the future

• When an author refers to something that happened in the past

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Foreshadowing refers to events that happened in the past

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

The implied moral message or life lesson an author intends to communicate about the subject is

• Tone

• Mood

• Theme

• Characterization

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

When the author tells the audience about the personality of the character

• Indirect characterization

• Direct characterization

Mood is best described as

• The emotions of the protagonist

• How the characters respond to the problem

• Where the story takes place

• The emotions brought out in a reader by the text

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

"As she waved goodbye she couldn't help but feel like something was very, very wrong" is an example of

• Mood

• Foreshadowing

• Tone

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

A hook is

• a literary technique used in literature to grab readers attention

• a surprise ending that the reader wasn't expecting

• a figure of speech that references something that happened in the past

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

A cliffhanger is a plot device used to end the story in a complete closing

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D