Literary Devices

The background information given at the beginning

• exposition

• falling action

• climax

• rising action

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

Returning to an earlier time in order to clarify meaning in the present time

• flashforward

• flashback

• resolution

• climax

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Setting

• Description evoking the use of the five senses

• The results or effects of the climax

• Word choice to create a specific effect

• The time and place where the story occurs

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

A recurring feature of a work that develops its theme

• Motify

• Theme

• Setting

• Diction

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

Antagonist

• Direct speech between characters

• A recurring feature of a work that develops its theme

• A recurring feature of a work that develops its theme

• A character (or thing) that is the source of conflict in a literary work

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

The emotional atmosphere of a piece – how the reader “feels”

• theme

• mood

• tone

• protagonist

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

Plot

• A struggle between two or more forces (ex. Person vs. Nature)

• The “turning point” of the literary work

• The sequence of events in a work of literature

• The main character of a work – the one we “root for”

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

Tone

• Type or category in which a literary work belongs

• The author’s attitude towards the subject or events

• The “first hurdles” in the literary work

• The background information given at the beginning

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

The way in which the author develops the personalities of the characters

• mood

• dialogue

• characterization

• tone

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

Diction

• The main character of a work – the one we “root for”

• Word choice to create a specific effect

• The moment when all of the loose ends are tied up and all of the questions answered

• The results or effects of the climax

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D