Literary Devices Review

Irony involving a situation in which actions have an effect that is opposite from what was intended, so that the outcome is contrary to what was expected.

• dramatic irony

• verbal irony

• situational irony

• in medias res

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

The author states or describes a character's traits.

• internal conflict

• direct characterization

• indirect characterization

• external conflict

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

A piece of writing that begins in the middle of the action

• allusion

• parallelism

• in medias res

• situational irony

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

A reference to another work of literature, person, or event

• metaphor

• oxymoron

• allusion

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Irony involving facts or events are unknown to a character in a story but are known to the reader, audience, or other characters

• situational irony

• dramatic irony

• verbal irony

• in medias res

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

A writer's attitude, which is revealed through word choice

• tone

• mood

• point of view

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

When one character has a problem with a group of people, large or small, and/or has conflict with a societal force, such as in a dystopia

• man vs. nature conflict

• man vs. man conflict

• man vs. society conflict

• man vs. self conflict

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Figure of speech comparing two things using "like" or "as"

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

When one character in a story has a problem with one or more of the other characters

• man vs. man conflict

• man vs. nature conflict

• man vs. society conflict

• man vs. self conflict

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

A character who is used as a contrast to another more important character; the contrast emphasizes the differences between the two characters, bringing out the distinctive qualities in each

• foil character

• protagonist

• antagonist

• narrator