Literary Devices Review

The purpose of character foils is to...

• Confuse the reader

• Highlight characters' differences

• Create conflict in the text

• Highlight characters' similarities

A hint or clue in a story that suggests some action is to follow to create interest or suspense is called:

• foreshadowing

• allusion

• dramatic irony

• flashback

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CCSS.RL.9-10.5

One effect or purpose of foreshadowing is to...

• trick the reader

• build suspense

• Add depth to characters

• give factual information

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

A theme should always be written as...

• A sentence or statement
• One or two words
• A summary of 5-8 sentences. 

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

A motif is

• something that shows up once in a piece of work to connect it all together.

• a repeated image, theme, symbol, character, subject, or detail.

• an abstract idea

• All of the above

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CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What's the difference between theme and motif

• Theme is abstract, motif is concrete

• Motif is abstract, theme is concrete

• Motif is implied, theme is clearly stated

• There is only one theme per story, but multiple motifs

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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 irony in literature?

• The use of words or situations that are only used in poetry and not in prose.

• The use of words or situations that are unrelated to the expected or intended meaning.

• The use of words or situations that are exactly what is expected or intended.

• The use of words or situations that are the opposite of what is expected or intended.

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CCSS.L.8.5A

Which is an example of theme?

• Love and romance

• Man vs society

• Treat others the way you want to be treated.

• True loyalty often requires selflessness.

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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 an example of a motif in Romeo and Juliet?

• Blank verse is used to add poetry.

• The audience knows Romeo is at Juliet's balcony, but the other characters do not.

• Mention of graves and tombs hint at future events.

• Walls are a recurring image that represent the constraints Romeo and Juliet experience.

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CCSS.RL.9-10.5

The flicker of candlelight danced on the walls of the tiny room, illuminating the same worn journal that sat open on the desk. Every night, Thomas wrote in it, filling the pages with hopes, regrets, and questions he could never voice aloud. The ink-stained pages seemed to carry more weight than they should, as if the journal itself was a living thing, holding his burdens within its leather cover.

The most likely motif for this passage is...

• the candlelight representing knowledge.

• the journal representing Thomas' inner thoughts and feelings

• the tiny room representing solitude

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2