Lit Devices #3

"I looked across the white-capped ocean and saw my brother waiting at port for me."

• 1st Person

• 2nd Person

• 3rd Person Limited

• 3rd Person Omniscient

When you only know the thoughts of one character in a story written like this:

"He stormed up the staircase. His uncle would see him whether he wanted to or not."

• 1st Person

• 2nd Person

• 3rd Person Limited

• 3rd Person Omniscient

When you know the thoughts of several characters in a story written like this:
"She ran toward the glowing red exit sign in the dark, hoping the monster wasn't following her."

• 1st Person

• 2nd Person

• 3rd Person Limited

• 3rd Person Omniscient

A story about a superhero stopping and going back to the events that made the character super when they were a child.

• Indirect Characterization

• Dramatic Foil Character

• Flashback

• Flat Character

the feeling READERS get from a story

(Hint: Many People)

• Personification

• Mood

• Tone

• Symbol

the feeling the AUTHOR puts in their work

(Hint: One Person)

• Mood

• Allusion

• Symbol

• Tone

An open window representing or standing for new possibilities

• Flashback

• Onomatopoeia

• Symbol

• Allusion

If someone makes a face after eating a new food, they probably don't like it.

• Inference

• Speaker

• Paraphrase

• Personification

Taking something someone else said and putting it into your own words

• Aside

• 1st Person

• Inference

• Paraphrase

when one character in a play turns away from other characters to speak to the audience or to only one of the other characters on stage

• Prologue

• Aside

• Monologue

• Soliloquy