Academic Literacy: Literary Devices

written conversation between two or more characters.

• diction

• dialogue

• personification

• flashback

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

a writer's or speaker's choice of words and way of arranging the words in sentences.

• imagery

• hyperbole

• diction

• flashback

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

a conversation or an event that happened before the beginning of the story.

• flashback

• figurative language

• hyperbole

• personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

a writer's use of hints or clues to indicate events and situations that will occur in a later plot.

• flashback

• foreshadowing

• dialogue

• symbol

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

descriptive words or phrases that create sensory experiences for the reader. It evokes the five senses.

• dialogue

• metaphor

• symbol

• imagery

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

a person, place, an activity, or an object that stands for something beyond itself.

• imagery

• hyperbole

• symbol

• personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

language that communicates ideas beyond the ordinary, literal meanings of words.

• dialogue

• diction

• figurative language

• foreshadowing

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

a figure of speech that makes a comparison between two things using the words "like" or "as."

• simile

• metaphor

• diction

• dialogue

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

a figure of speech that makes a comparison between two things that have something in common without using the word "like" or "as."

• imagery

• personification

• simile

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

a figure of speech in which the truth is exaggerated for emphasis or for humorous effect.

• dialogue

• diction

• hyperbole

• imagery

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3