Literary Devices STAAR Review Part 1

In your own words, what is foreshadowing?

Define foreshadowing.

• A flashback of what happened previously
• A hint at something that will happen later
• Giving human-like characteristics to non-living things
• Comparing two unlike things using like or as

“Sometimes you do have to laugh to keep from crying. And sometimes the world feels all right and good and kind of like it's becoming nice again around you. And you realize it, and realize how happy you are in it, and you just gotta laugh. ”
― Jacqueline Woodson, Peace, Locomotion

• First Person
• Second Person
• Third Person Limited
• Third Person Omniscient

What are the main events of the story presented in a sequence by the author?

• Conflict
• Mood 
• Plot
• Tone

What is the tone of the passage below?

We have come together this afternoon to mourn the deaths of sixteen miners—our friends and neighbors—who were trapped by fire yesterday, deep below the earth. They lived bravely and they died too soon, leaving behind grieving wives and bewildered children. We bid them a final farewell.

• forgiving

• sorrowful

• angry

What is setting? 

• The time and location in which a story takes place
• A series of events and character actions that relate to the central conflict.
• a struggle between two people or things in a short story.
• What you turn on the washer

Whether you are starting or continuing on the academic road to success, there are a series of markers that will help keep you on the path. First, believe in yourself self, others, and in the process of life. Everyone is here for a purpose. Second, keep an open mind. Be aware of what is working and what is not. Third know when you need help and be willing to ask for it. Fourth, remember who you are and why you here. Remind yourself what you want to accomplish. Finally, remember that storms never last.

What is the tone of the passage?

• indifferent

• bitter

• confident

• doubting

When the narrator uses the pronouns "I", "me" , "us," the story is written in...

• 1st person point of view
• 3rd person point of view
• 2nd person point of view
• none of the above

"Leslie sat in front of Paul. She had two long, brown pigtails that reached all the way down to her waist. Paul saw those pigtails, and a terrible urge came over him. He wanted to pull a pigtail. He wanted to wrap his fist around it, feel the hair between his fingers, and just yank." Sideways Stories From Wayside School, Louis Sachar

• First Person

• Second Person

• Third Person Limited

• Third Person Omniscient

What is the foreshadowing in this passage?

It was only 5:00AM, so everyone else in the house was still asleep. As they crept through the kitchen to the back door, Mary sniffed the air. It had the faint scent of coffee and something sweet. She shrugged it off and followed Justin out the door, down the back steps, and out onto the boat dock. The fog had settled over the lake, making it impossible to see anything.

• A)That Mary and Justin were going to go back to bed.

• B)That they might get into an accident or get lost on the lake because the fog made it impossible to see anything.

• D)That Mary and Justin were going to go for a nice boat ride across the lake.

• C)They were about to eat breakfast.