Review of Literary Devices

What does tone mean in literary terms?

• The author's attitude toward the subject

• The setting of the story

• The main theme of the narrative

• The plot development

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CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

Fill in the blank: _______ is a literary device characterized by a struggle between two opposing forces.

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CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Fill in the blank: _______ is a literary device in which a word or event means something different—and often contradictory—to its actual meaning.

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CCSS.L.8.5A

Fill in the blank: _______ is a writer’s choice of words and the impact of those words on the meaning.

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CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Mood in literary terms refers to:

• The author's attitude towards the subject

• The time and place in which a story is set

• The atmosphere or emotional setting created by a piece of writing

• The main idea or underlying meaning of a literary work

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CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

Fill in the blank: _______ is the repetition of a word or expression at the end of successive phrases, clauses, sentences, or verses.

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CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Fill in the blank: _______ is a rhetorical and literary technique where an author or speaker intentionally uses exaggeration and overstatement for emphasis and effect.

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CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

What is personification?

• A figure of speech where human qualities are given to animals, objects, or ideas

• A comparison between two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'

• An exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally

• A play on words that produces a humorous effect

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CCSS.L.6.5A

Fill in the blank: _______ is the close placement of contrasting ideas, images, or entities, with the intent of highlighting the contrast between those entities.

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

Fill in the blank: An _______ is a reference, typically brief, to a person, place, thing, event, or other literary work.

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CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4