Literary Devices

What is a story with a fully developed theme but is significantly shorter and less elaborate than a novel?

• novella

• short story

• narrative

• tale

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

What is a warning or indication of a future event?

• metaphor

• flashback

• foreshadow

• synonym

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

What is an ordinary object, event, person, animal, etc., to which we have attached extraordinary meaning or significance?

• symbol

• metaphor

• synonym

• allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Who is telling the story, or who is narrating it (1st, 2nd, 3rd).

• narration

• point of view

• characters

• protagonist

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

The act of creating, developing, and describing characters. Can be both direct or indirect.

• appearance

• character traits

• character analysis

• characterization

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

A feeling of anxiousness or uncertainness that comes from certain actions in a literary work.

• foreshadowing

• flashback

• suspense

• mystery

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

The type of conflict when a character struggles with another character. Antagonist vs. Protagonist.

• man vs. self

• man vs. man

• man vs. nature

• man vs. society

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.6.3

What type of conflict happens when the character(s) fight against institutions, traditions, or laws?

• man vs. man

• man vs. self

• man vs. nature

• man vs. society

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.6.3

The type of conflict when a character is up against a natural disaster, a disease outbreak, or stranded in an isolated location.

• man vs. man

• man vs. nature

• man vs. society

• man vs. self

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.6.3

What type of conflict takes place inside of a character's mind?

• man vs. man

• man vs. society

• man vs. nature

• man vs. self

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.6.3