Literary Devices Review

when a character struggles with their own opposing desires or beliefs.

• Character development
• External conflict
• Internal conflict
• Moral dilemma

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

writers use to describe and provide information about specific characters in their work.

• Characterization
• Plot development
• Narrative
• Theme exploration

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

helps authors create a mental picture for the reader by using descriptive language.

• simile
• imagery
• alliteration
• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

the central message or idea that an author explores in a work

• setting
• plot
• character
• theme

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 brief, indirect reference to a person, place, event, or another work of literature

• Allusion
• Hyperbole
• Simile
• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

gives human characteristics to non-human things, such as animals, objects, concepts, or ideas.

• Metaphor
• Simile
• Allegory
• Personification

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

uses objects, people, situations, or actions to represent something beyond their literal meaning.

• Allegory
• Metaphor
• Irony
• Symbolism

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

hints at what will happen later in a story

• foreshadowing
• symbolism
• metaphor
• allegory

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

an object, image, sound, or phrase that is repeated throughout a story to point toward the story's larger theme

• theme
• motif
• symbol
• allegory

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

when a person says one thing but means the opposite.

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A