Lit Devices Review Fall 2025

What is the universal message/ lesson of the story?

• Plot
• Characterization
• Theme
• Conflict

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

What is the series of events in a text?

• Plot
• Characterization
• Theme
• Conflict

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The author's creation and development of a character

• Plot
• Conflict
• Theme
• Characterization

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

A direct comparison of two unlike objects (not using "like" or "as")

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Juxtaposition
• Characterization

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

The opposite of what you'd expect to happen

• Conflict
• Hyperbole
• Irony
• Character 

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

An extreme exaggeration

• Juxtaposition
• Hyperbole
• Understatement
• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

Giving human characteristics to a non-human object.

• Hyperbole
• Juxtaposition
• Personification
• Humanization

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Words or phrases used to entice the five senses and create a descriptive image.

• Details
• Imagery
• Diction
• Syntax

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Words that imitate sounds. Ex: "Bang! Pow! Kaboom!"

• Personification
• Sounds
• Onomatopoeia
• Imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

The author's specific word choice to add effect.

• Diction
• Syntax
• Details
• Imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D