Narrative Techniques and Lit Devices Review

What is the rate at which the story progresses?

• Pun

• Pacing

• Flashbacks

• Foreshadowing

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

The pace of the story is controlled by what? (Pick all correct answers)

• Length of Scenes

• Detail in descriptions

• Delivery of descriptions

• Intensity of Actions

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The current action of the story is interrupted by a story from the past.

• Foreshadowing

• Pacing

• Dialogue

• Flashback

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

When is a flashback used?

• To tell the audience of an important event in a characters life

• To foreshadow important events

• To slow down the pacing of the story

• To create reader interest

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

When the author leaves clues to hint at future events

• Indirect Characterization

• Flashback

• Pun

• Foreshadowing

  
  

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

The author's way of deciding who is telling the story to whom is called?

• Pun

• Characterization

• Point of View

• Dialogue

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

Ask yourself these 2 questions to determine point of view (select 2 answers)

• Who is telling the story?

• Why is the story being told?

• Who is the story being told to?

• Which characters have dialogue in the story>

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Which point of view uses personal pronouns?

• First person

• Second person

• Third person

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

When the author is narrating a story about characters and refers to them as "he" or "she"

• First Person Point of View

• Second Person Point of View

• Third Person Point of View

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Two contradictory words when put together create a new idea or concept

• Allusion

• Oxymoron

• Metaphor

• Paradox

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A