Literary Devices

What is an example of a symbol?

• The sled, the first memory Jonas receives from the Giver represented the journey Jonas takes during his training and the discoveries he makes.

• Slow as a sloth

• Gabriel represents hope and new beginnings

• The apple represents change.

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

What is an example of a simile?

• As tough as nails.

• Slow as a sloth

• Gabriel represents hope and new beginnings

• The apple represents change.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What is an example of a cliffhanger?

• ...and then he woke up.

• Sally sells seashells by the sea shore.

• She is a tiger.

• There are no examples here.

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CCSS.RL.9-10.5

What is an example of a hook?

• Why is it so hard to…?

• One of the most shocking facts to date is about…

• Just when you thought things couldn’t get any worse…

• Clearly, the evidence proves that lettuce is the best vegetable.

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CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

What is an example of personification?

• The wind whistled.

• The sun was so bright that it was blinding.

• I was as hungry as a horse.

• He looked like a cat.

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CCSS.L.6.5A

What is foreshadowing?

• a literary device in which a writer gives an advance hint of what is to come later in the story.

• a conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning.

• the mistaken use of an incorrect word in place of a word with a similar sound, resulting in a nonsensical, sometimes humorous utterance.

• a struggle and a clash of interest, opinion, or even principles.

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CCSS.RL.9-10.5

What is an inference?

• a literary device in which a writer gives an advance hint of what is to come later in the story.

• a conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning.

• the mistaken use of an incorrect word in place of a word with a similar sound, resulting in a nonsensical, sometimes humorous utterance.

• a struggle and a clash of interest, opinion, or even principles.

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CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

What is a conflict?

• a literary device in which a writer gives an advance hint of what is to come later in the story.

• a conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning.

• the mistaken use of an incorrect word in place of a word with a similar sound, resulting in a nonsensical, sometimes humorous utterance.

• a struggle and a clash of interest, opinion, or even principles.

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CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

What is malapropism?

• a literary device in which a writer gives an advance hint of what is to come later in the story.

• a conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning.

• the mistaken use of an incorrect word in place of a word with a similar sound, resulting in a nonsensical, sometimes humorous utterance.

• a struggle and a clash of interest, opinion, or even principles.

Who was the protagonist in The Watsons?

• Kenny

• By

• Joetta

• Grandma Sands

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CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C