Literary Devices and Vocabulary Review (Prep for "The Sniper")

conflict a character has with him- or her- self

• diction

• internal conflict

• imagery

• irony

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

when what happens is the opposite of what we expected to happen

• irony

• personification

• metaphor

• simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

what we know about a character based on STEAL (what they SAY, THINK, their EFFECT on others, ACTIONS, and LOOKS); can be direct or indirect

• metaphor

• characterization

• personification

• imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

language that appeals to the five senses (hear smell touch taste see)

• irony

• syntax

• tone

• imagery

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

a writer's choice of words

• syntax

• diction

• tone

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

the denial of full humanity to others, often by not recognizing their dignity or human rights

• irony

• colonialism

• dehumanization

• post-modernism

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

a hint (often negative) about what will happen later in a story

• foreshadowing

• imagery

• diction

• tone

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

a feeling or state of nervousness or excitement caused by wondering what will happen

• imagery

• suspense

• mood

• tone

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

a writer's attitude about the subject he or she is writing about

• tone

• mood

• irony

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

When a concrete thing stands for or represents an abstract idea or concept, the concrete thing ____________ an idea or concept.

• symbolizes

• exagerrates

• personifies

• images

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5