Literary Device Practice

When an author intentionally places opposites or contrasting words/phrases next to each other in a passage or text

• plot

• theme

• juxtaposition

• climax

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

The problem in the story

• characterization

• retrospective

• conflict

• plot

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Where and when does a story take place?

• setting

• point of view

• theme

• characterization

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

SpongeBob is exuberant, optimistic, and loyal to his job and friends, while Squidward is grumpy, rude, and brazen. This is an example of ____________.

• point of view

• characterization

• plot

• juxtaposition

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

This tells you from which perspective the story is told

• climax

• point of view

• characterization

• images

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

The climax of a story: the most exciting part where the tension cannot increase any further.

• plot

• point of view

• setting

• climax

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Paint a picture in your mind about the story. Mark only one oval.

• scene

• images

• point of view

• plot

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

The moral of the story or the life lesson. Mark only one oval.

• plot

• conflict

• theme

• flashback

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

The plot

• theme

• climax

• point of view

• argument

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

An interruption in the story to tell you about a past event

• flashback

• theme

• plot

• setting

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5