Literary Device Definitions

What is conflict?

• An appeal to the reader's senses

• The narrator is a character in the story

• a struggle between opposing forces

• an author's word choice

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

What is 1st person point of view?

• The narrator tells the thoughts and feelings of all characters

• the narrator's attitude toward something

• The narrator is a character in the story.

• The narrator speaks directly to the reader.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

What is 2nd person point of view?

• The narrator is a character in the story.

• The narrator is outside the story, but only reports on one character.

• an author's word choice

• The narrator speaks directly to the reader

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

What is 3rd person limited point of view?

• The narrator is outside of the story, but only reports the thoughts and feelings of one character.

• The narrator is a character in the story.

• The narrator is "all-knowing."

• The narrator speaks directly to the reader.

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

What is 3rd person omniscient point of view?

• an appeal to the reader's senses

• The narrator is outside of the story, knows the thoughts and feelings of all the characters and can even tell the future.

• The narrator is a character in the story.

• The narrator speaks directly to the reader.

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

What is imagery?

• an author's word choice

• an appeal to the reader's senses

• the narrator's attitude toward something

• a struggle between opposing forces

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

What is tone?

• an appeal to the reader's senses

• the narrator's attitude toward something

• an author's word choice

• a struggle between opposing forces

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

What is diction?

• an appeal to the reader's senses

• the narrator's attitude toward something

• an author's word choice

• a struggle between opposing forces

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.8.6