Literary Devices

The background information given at the beginning

• exposition

• falling action

• climax

• rising action

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.3.5

Returning to an earlier time in order to clarify meaning in the present time

• flashforward

• flashback

• resolution

• climax

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.W.3.3A

Setting

• Description evoking the use of the five senses

• The results or effects of the climax

• Word choice to create a specific effect

• The time and place where the story occurs

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.3.7

A recurring feature of a work that develops its theme

• Motify

• Theme

• Setting

• Diction

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.3.2

Antagonist

• Direct speech between characters

• A recurring feature of a work that develops its theme

• A recurring feature of a work that develops its theme

• A character (or thing) that is the source of conflict in a literary work

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.3

The emotional atmosphere of a piece – how the reader “feels”

• theme

• mood

• tone

• protagonist

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.7

Plot

• A struggle between two or more forces (ex. Person vs. Nature)

• The “turning point” of the literary work

• The sequence of events in a work of literature

• The main character of a work – the one we “root for”

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.3.9

Tone

• Type or category in which a literary work belongs

• The author’s attitude towards the subject or events

• The “first hurdles” in the literary work

• The background information given at the beginning

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.RL.3.4

The way in which the author develops the personalities of the characters

• mood

• dialogue

• characterization

• tone

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.W.3.3B

Diction

• The main character of a work – the one we “root for”

• Word choice to create a specific effect

• The moment when all of the loose ends are tied up and all of the questions answered

• The results or effects of the climax

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.RL.3.4