Literary Devices

What is theme?

• The main point of a text

• The most important event in the plot

• A universal idea, message, or truth explored in literature

• The lesson the protagonist (main character) learns

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

What is conflict?

• A struggle between two opposing forces

• A disagreement between two characters

• When the narrator does not know all of the information

• The main message of a text

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is a symbol?

• Something that represents or stands for something else

• An object or idea that is repeated throughout a text

• A universal truth or idea

• An inanimate object given living characteristics

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is diction?

• A word's definition

• Connotation

• Punctuation and sentence structure

• Word choice

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

What is mood?

• The overall feeling the audience/reader is meant to have

• How the characters in a text feel

• What the author thinks about a subject

• How the author persuades the reader

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What is conflict?

• The setting

• The problem

• the events in a story

• the solution to a problem

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Which one is NOT a type of conflict in literature?

• Person vs World

• Person vs Person

• Person vs Self

• Person vs Nature

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

How do you identify the theme in literature?

• Identify the main characters.

• Identify the story's plot and primary conflict.

• Identify the literary devices.

• Identify the protagonist of the story.

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

A major theme is...

• the main idea of a story.

• the most significant idea in a literary work.

• an idea that a writer repeats in a literary work.

• all of the above

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

A minor theme is...

• an idea that appears in a work briefly.

• the same as a major theme.

• a way an author determines the setting for a literary work.

• an element of personification.

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