Literary Devices- Review

Match the terms with the correct definitions.

• Climax

• the most exciting part of the story, where a lot of major action happens

• Exposition

• End of the story where loose ends are tied up

• 
  Rising Action

• a comprehensive description and explanation of an idea or theory.

• foreshadowing

• the use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in a plot

• Resolution

• 
  the series of conflicts or struggles that build a story toward a climax.

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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

Imagine you are writing a children's book. You want to describe the sound of rain falling on a tin roof. Which literary device would you use to mimic this sound?

• Protagonist

• Onomatopoeia

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

Answer explanation

A word that resembles or imitates a sound.

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RL.1

L.5

a unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary

• Theme
• Character
• Setting

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Rhetorical Question

• A question asked in order to create a dramatic effect or to make a point rather than to get an answer.
• A question that requires an answer.
• A question that is asked for the purpose of telling a joke.
• A question that is asked to gather information.

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

Hyperbole

• exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.

• A type of poem
• Sarcasm or the opposite of what is really meant

• the use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in a plot

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

A similarity or comparison between two different things or the relationship between them.​ (a)  

• Analogy
• Allusion
• Alliteration
• Dramatic irony

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

An object that represents or stands for an idea, belief or action. A heart is a sign of love.

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Imagine you are sitting by a calm lake, reading a poem where the 's' sound is repeated frequently to mimic the sound of the gentle waves. What is this technique called?

• Allusion

• Personification

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

While reading a novel, you come across a sentence where the author subtly refers to the 'Titanic disaster' without explicitly mentioning it. This technique used by the author is a brief and indirect reference to a historical event. The author only refers to the concept and the reader is expected to know it or research it.

• Allusion

• Oxymoron

• Metaphor

• Simile

Answer explanation

A reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art

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SL.4

L.4

Imagine you are going to a fitness center to work out. You see a person choosing to use the elevator to reach the gym located on the second floor instead of taking the stairs. What would you call this situation?

• Personification

• Dramatic Irony

• Verbal Irony

• Situational Irony

Answer explanation

When the situation is contray to what we would expect. For instance, seeing a person take an escalator to the gym door instead of walking up the stairs.

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CCSS.L.9-10.5