Literary Terms (Literary Devices)

a poetry term describing a phrase, line or stanza that greatly exaggerates.

Which literary element is defined as the perspective from which a story is told?

Force or character working against the main character in a story

Which is NOT a simile?

Which literary element is present in the sentence: "It was raining cats and dogs!"

What term describes the feeling created in the reader by a literary work?

What is the definiton of "allusion"

A character that undergoes a major change over the course of the story

Anything that stands for or represents something else

Conclusion of the story

When the character telling the story is an outside observer; i.e. they, he, she, it

What literary device is used when an author hints at future events in a story?

Reference to a well-known person, event, place, literary work or work of art.

Which literary device is being used? (She's as tough as nails.) (You're crying like a baby.) (He's quick as lightning.)

Writer's attitude toward his or her subject

In which point of view does the narrator refer to themselves as "I" and is a character in the story?

What word means: "words that, when spoken out loud, imitate sounds like what they’re intended to mean"

Hints that the author gives of things that are to come in the story.

Problem or struggle between opposing forces

A character telling the story is taking part in the story; i.e. I, me, my

Where and when a story takes place

Which point of view is the narrator not a character in the story and knows the thoughts and feelings of all characters?

Giving inanimate objects human characteristics

The main character in a story

POV that uses pronouns like "he," "she," or "they" and allows the narrator to know the thoughts of only one character

In a story, the highest or most intense point in the development

A conversation between characters; can be used to move the action along.

The introduction of setting, character, and basic situation in a story

Comparison of two things without using like or as.

A comparison between two things using like or as

Which point of view addresses the reader directly and uses pronouns like "you" and "your"?

Idea or lesson about life in a story

What literary technique involves giving human-like qualities to non-human things or animals?

A character that stays the same throughout a story

A contrast between what appears to be real and what is actually real.

Shows events from before the present time of the story, often to reveal a character's motives

A description that appeals to one's five senses

Which literary device is being used? (His room is a war zone.) (For her sister, life was a fashion show.)

Atmosphere or feeling we get from the story

A series of words that begin with the same consonant sound