Ninth Grade Literary Devices Flashcards | StudBudNinth Grade Literary Devices
A pretest.
1CHARACTERIZATION
- MARVEL COMICS
- THE WAY THE WRITER CREATES CHARACTERS IN A STORY.
2PERSONIFICATION
- HAPPILY EVER AFTER
- NONHUMAN THING BECOMES HUMAN LIKE.
3CLIMAX
- THE MOST EXCITING PART.
- THE TELLER OF A STORY.
4TRAGEDY
- AN OBJECT, PERSON, ANIMAL OR EVENT
- A PLAY OR STORY THAT ENDS UNHAPPILY
5PLOT
- SERIES OF EVENTS IN A STORY
- THICKENER
6NARRATOR
- THE MOST EXCITING PART
- THE TELLER OF A STORY
7IRONY
- A COMPARISON
- UNEXPECTED BUT HAPPENS
9SIMILE
- THE WAY THE WRITER CREATES CHARACTERS
- COMPARISON USING LIKE OR AS
10CONFLICT
- A STRUGGLE BETWEEN CHARACTERS
- THE TELLER OF A STORY
11SYMBOL
- THE TIME AND PLACE
- A THING THAT REPRESENTS SOMETHING MORE THAN ITSELF
12METAPHOR
- SHOULD BE TAKEN LITERALLY.
- COMPARISON (NOT A SIMILE)
13SETTING
- TWO OPPOSING FORCES
- THE TIME AND PLACE
