Literary Devices

The act or instance of repeating is this literary device

• Simile
• Imagery
• Repetition
• Satire

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

You break a date with your girlfriend so you can go to the ball game with the guys. When you go to the concession stand, you run into your girl, who is with another guy.

• Personification
• Imagery
• Foreshadowing
• Irony

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

Crunch! Crunch! Crunch! Joe’s boots broke the forest’s silence. A full moon peeked out from behind two clouds. Tree shadows illuminated the snow drifts in its shimmering light. Joe shivered as a cold gust of wind blew through his jacket.

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Imagery
• Irony

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

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.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

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

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

• imagery

• hyperbole

• diction

• flashback

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 tool a writer uses to enrich the text.

• literary element

• literary device

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 reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art to enrich the reading experience by adding meaning.

• Anagram

• Allusion

• Allegory

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Techniques a writer uses to create and develop a character by what:

he/she does or says,

other characters say about him/her, or how they react to him/her,

the author reveals directly or through a narrator.

• consonance

• parallel structure

• repetition

• characterization

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

A narrative element with symbolic meaning that repeats throughout themes and a work of literature.

• hamartia

• symbol

• motif

• archetype

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2