Literary Devices - Review

Which word below is a hint or clue about something to come in the story?

• drama

• flashback

• foreshadowing

• conflict

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Which word below is the turning point in the story. It may or may not coincide with the high point of action?

• climax

• rising action

• falling action

• resolution

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

Which word below is a memory--the author interrupts the plot of the story to recreate an incident of an earlier time.

• foreshadowing

• flashback

• conflict

• climax

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Which term below is the character having a problem deciding what to do in a particular situation, generally due to fear, anger, regret, etc.

• character vs society

• character vs self

• character vs nature

• character vs fate

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Which conflict below has the character having a problem with some natural happening: a snow storm, an avalanche, the bitter cold, or another element of nature.

• character vs fate

• character vs nature

• character vs society

• character vs self

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

What is this an example of?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Personification

• Irony

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

The life lesson of a story

• Personification

• Theme

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

The following is an example of what type of literary device: Heather is a beautiful snowflake.  

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Personification
• Verbal Irony

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What is the literary definition of a imagery?

• A way of speaking that's characteristic of a particular place or group of people
• Language that creates word pictures and appeals to the senses
• Comparing two unlike things directly, without using a word of comparison
• Comparing two unlike things using a word of comparison such as "like"

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

"I'm so hungry I could eat a whole elephant!" is an example of a __________________.

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A