Literary Devices Review

Literary Devices Review

Reviewing figurative language, point of view, and learning about characterization

Let's review figurative language first

Major types

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Onomatopoeia

Multiple Choice

A comparison between two different things, using the word 'like' or 'as'

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• Onomatopoeia

Multiple Choice

A comparison between two unlike things, not using 'like' or 'as'

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• literal language

Multiple Choice

"She was as graceful as a swan"

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• literal language

Multiple Choice

"Loving is a journey with water and with stars,

with smothered air and abrupt storms of flour" -Pablo Neruda

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• literal language

Multiple Choice

The curtain of night fell upon us.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• literal language

Multiple Choice

An orange is like a tangerine

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• literal language

Multiple Choice

_______ is when you use human qualities to describe something that is not human.

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

• personification

• literal language

Multiple Choice

_________ is an exaggeration to make a point.

• hyperbole

• personification

• onomatopoeia

• idiom

Multiple Choice

___________ is when you make a word out of a sound associated with that thing.

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

• personification

• idiom

Multiple Choice

"Water plops into pond, splish splash downhill. Warbling magpies in a tree, trilling, melodic thrill."

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

• personification

• idiom

Multiple Choice

"the moon gazed on my midnight labours, while, with unrelaxed and breathless eagerness, I pursued nature to her hiding-places." -Mary Shelley, Frankenstein

• hyperbole

• idiom

• personification

• onomatopoeia

Multiple Choice

Their words cut deeper than a knife

• hyperbole

• idiom

• personification

• onomatopoeia

Alliteration

• Repeating the same consonant sounds at the beginning of words in a sentence or line of a poem.

• It's not actually "figurative language", but it is a form of literary device

• It's often used in poems because it's pleasing, or to call attention to certain words

Multiple Choice

What is the meaning of point of view?

• Point of view describes when and where a story takes place.

• Point of view describes the conflict in the story.

• Point of view is the perspective from which the story is told or who is telling the story

• Point of view describes the turning point of the story.

First person

• The narrator is the main character

• We only get access to the main character's thoughts

3rd person, limited

• The narrator is not a character in the book

• The narrator has access to the main character's thoughts

• The narrator is still close to the main character

3rd person omniscient

• The narrator has access to multiple characters' thoughts

• It feels more "distant" from the main character

• The narrator is not a character, but they may make comments or have opinion

2nd person

• "You walk through the door and see two paths..."

• The reader is in the main character's mind

• It feels the "closest", because the narrator is telling the reader what they're doing...

• but it can also feel "alien"

Multiple Choice

The Land of Candy spread before me. I licked my lips as chocolate bunnies bounded through the peanut butter fields. I heard the songs of the sour gummy birds in the taffy trees. My tummy rumbled when I saw caramel cobwebs spun by sugar spiders in rock candy caves. I wanted to eat everything that I saw, but Mr. Travis had warned me against that. He said that the elders would view me as a monster if

word got out that I was ravaging the Land of Candy to appease my sweet tooth.

What is the point of view?

• first person

• second person

• third person limited

• third person omniscient

Multiple Choice

A _____ narrator can see and describe every character's thoughts. 

• first person
• second person
• third person, limited
• third person, omniscient 

Multiple Choice

From what point of view is the text below written in?

If you are confused about something in class, don't wait. Raise your hand and ask for help immediately. Do it while your teacher is still explaining the material. Your teacher will probably be happy that you are taking an active part in your education and should attempt to explain the material in a different way. If you are still confused, ask your teacher if he or she is available after class to give you additional instruction. You are worth it. Don't give up on yourself.

• Third person omniscient.

• second person.

• first person.

• third person limited.

Multiple Choice

What is special about third person limited?

• The thoughts and feelings of one character are revealed.

• The narrator speaks directly to the readers using the pronouns you, yours, and you're.

• The author describes only the narrator actions and dialogue.

• The thoughts of most characters are revealed.

Multiple Choice

What is the point of view based off the passage below?

I couldn’t help but think something was going on. Beth was acting strange, making weird excuses why I needed to be out of the house. She had me run to the store for scissors. I knew we had scissors. When I returned to the house and walked through the door I had the biggest surprise of my life! All of my friends and family were in my house yelling “Surprise!” and “Happy birthday!”

• The passage is written in third person limited.

• The passage is written in second person point of view.

• The passage is written in third person objective.

• The passage is written in first person point of view.

Multiple Choice

What is the point of view based off the passage below?

"They walked into the cafe and sat down at a big table. The three friends ordered iced tea and pieces of chocolate cake. Then they called me over and asked me to join them."

• First person

• second person

• third person limited

• third person omniscient

Dynamic characters and static characters

We've already talked about how stories are driven by desire (what a character wants), and conflict (what gets in their way). Now, we're going to learn about how characters change.

Static characters

do not experience basic character changes during the course of the story. Stories may have static characters in them, usually side characters.

Dynamic characters

• experience changes throughout the plot of a story. 

• They may change suddenly, but the story usually builds up to that change

• Main characters are usually dynamic ones

Open Ended

Can you think of a dynamic character in a book you've read? What makes them dynamic? How did they change?

Open Ended

Can you think of a static character? Why didn't they change over the course of the book?