Short Fiction Literary Devices Study Guide

The final part of a story, play, or situation where the conflicts are resolved, mysteries are explained, and loose ends are tied up, providing closure for the audience or reader.

• Denouement/Resolution

• Falling Action

• Rising Action

• Initial Conflict

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CCSS.RL.5.3

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CCSS.RL.6.9

An attention-grabbing statement at the beginning of a piece to entice readers to continue reading, often using a surprising fact, a compelling question, a relevant quote, or a vivid anecdote.

• Evidence

• Fact

• Hook

• Thesis

Hinting at future events in a story to create tension is what literary device?

• Addition

• Analogy

• Foreshadowing

• Personification

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CCSS.RL.9-10.5

"I've told you a million times," is an example of what Literary device? Mark only one oval.

• Personification

• Numerology

• Anomaly

• Hyperbole

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is descriptive language that appeals to the five human senses called?

• Analogy

• Irony

• Tactility

• Imagery

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

A part of a short story plot structure defined by conflict.

• Exposition

• Imagery

• Rising Action

• Resolution

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CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

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A part of a short story plot structure, based on characterization and plot development.

• Resolution

• Irony

• Exposition

• Foreshadowing

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CCSS.RL.9-10.5

A comparison between two things to explain a similarity. Mark only one oval.

• Indirect Characterization

• Hyperbole

• Analogy

• Irony

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

"A fire station burning down," is an example of what literary device?

• Irony

• Metaphor

• Resolution

• Picture Perfect

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CCSS.L.8.5A

A category of artistic composition, as in music or literature, characterized by similar form, style, or subject matter. Mark only one oval.

• Romance

• Gothic

• Horror

• Genre

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9