Literary Devices

Literary Elements and Literary Techniques are both examples of...

• Literary Styles

• Literary Points

• Literary Tools

• Literary Devices

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

Literary Elements...

(Choose all that apply)

• apply to an entire text

• occur at a certain point in a text

• 
  are foundational elements of a text

• are deliberate constructions of language

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

Literary Techniques...

(Choose all that apply)

• apply to an entire text

• occur at a certain point in a text

• 
  are foundational elements of a text

• are deliberate constructions of language

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

"And sometimes in that half-awake state I would try to imagine the weeks after the fall of Saigon, my mother traveling across the city, from her own mother’s house, to see us—my sister and me, her two youngest children. Looking up for someone at an open window."

This passage uses...

• juxtaposition

• plot

• conflict

• mood

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

"When my babies slept next to me they would turn to me, to my body, for milk. I would wake up just enough to be aware, enough to stay afloat in a near dream state. Often, I didn’t even open my eyes. I knew my children by heart."

This passage displays a...

• juxtaposition

• plot point

• conflict

• mood

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

What is the main conflict in Beth Nguyen's "Apparent"?

• The fall of Saigon

• The narrator's regret about leaving Vietnam

• The narrator's guilt regarding her relationship with her mother

• The conflict between the narrator's sister and her mother

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

The tone of "Apparent" is...

• humorous

• introspective

• nostalgic

• happy

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

Which of the following is an example of characterization?

• "We were living in Chicago, on the seventh floor of a thirty-story building..."

• "On the morning of the visit my kids and I walked through the rain to the nearest T stop."

• "Julian, who is less of a worrier than his brother, smiled and said, We’re going to visit Boston grandma!"

• "It was still raining when my kids and I walked toward what I thought was the correct building. They all looked the same..."

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Who is the narrator of "Apparent"?

• The author

• The mother

• The sons

• The sister

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

Which of the following is NOT a plot point?

• "When my son Henry was a year old I took him to Boston to meet my mother."

• "My family left Saigon the day before its fall, on April 29, 1975."

• "One day my mother had four children in Saigon and the next day two of them were gone."

• "I had been putting off telling them where we were going in case [my mother] canceled."

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5