Literary Element/Rhetorical Devices Review

What is expected, but the opposite occurs.

• sarcasm

• onomatopoeia

• irony

• flashback

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

Shows events from before the present time of the story, often to reveal a character's motives

• foreshadowing

• flashback

• verbal irony

• dramatic irony

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Reference to a well-known person, event, place, literary work or work of art.

• flashback

• irony

• dialogue

• allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

A conversation between characters; can be used to move the action along.

• dialogue

• conflict

• alliteration

• flashback

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Hints that the author gives of things that are to come in the story.

• repetition

• flashback

• foreshadowing

• allusion

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Comparison of two things without using like or as.

• simile

• metaphor

• juxtaposition

• personification

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

A description that appeals to one's five senses

• personification

• allusion

• imagery

• conflict

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Atmosphere or feeling we get from the story

• theme

• mood

• tone

• characterization

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

A character telling the story is taking part in the story; i.e. I, me, my

• 1st person point of view

• 3rd person point of view

• limited point of view

• omniscient point of view

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Universal idea or lesson about life; understood by most cultures

• tone

• conflict

• symbolism

• theme

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D