Literary Devices

A statement that refers to something without mentioning it directly.

• Allusion

• Simile

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

The way in which words are used in speech or writing.

• Verbs

• Point of view

• Diction

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 move to a scene in a movie, novel, etc. that is set in a time earlier than the main story.

• Foreshadowing

• Flashback

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

This can be demonstrated with descriptive details, clues in the dialogue, character/place names, etc.

• Foreshadowing

• Plot

• Climax

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Situational irony is when when the speaker says something in sharp contrast to his or her actual meaning

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

When the speaker says something in sharp contrast to his or her actual meaning

• Verbal Irony

• Dramatic Irony

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

An example of dramatic irony is

• The audience knows Juliet is just asleep but Romeo thinks she’s killed herself

• A fire station burns down.

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

When a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Irony

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

He was sweating LIKE a pig is an example of

• A simile

• A metaphor

• Diction

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Pronouns used in first person point of view:

• I/me

• She/he

• You

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