Literary Devices and Sign Post Review: 1st Semester Exam Review

The diamond sparkled like a star.

The warm, soft, glistening sand was soft under my feet.

A character struggles with an uncertainty of himself/herself that reveals a conflict

when someone says something with more than one interpretation

the perspective from which a story is told

He is a lion when protecting his players.

learning about a character through their words/actions/other character's reactions to him/her

something that represents something other than itself

the central character of whom all action takes place around

She had the motherly instinct of Hera.

The sun reached out and pulled me outside.

hints or clues to what is going to occur later in the story

the part of plot where the main conflict is introduced

how the reader learns about a character

reference to a well known mythological, literary, historical event/character

the part of plot directly following the highest point of suspense

giving human qualities to inanimate objects

when the audience knows something one or more characters do not

language appealing to the 5 senses/sensory details

central message an author wants to convey

comparison of two unlike things using "like" or "as"

the highest point of suspense in a work of literature

the initial part of plot when the characters and initial conflict are introduced

Sign Post: the author interrupts the flow of the story by referencing an earlier event

feeling of anxiety the reader feels in a work

the opposite of what you are expecting occurs

comparison of two things without using "like" or "as"

a series of events that make up a story

the feeling that is set for the reader within a story

time and place of a story

the author's attitude towards the subject in which he/she is writing

a conflict within a character (decision, guilt, etc.)

The author repeats an image or phrase for effect

what we know about the character from what the author tells us directly

Sign Post: An older character/outside influence gives insight to the main character

The character starts to realize something that changes his or her action or thinking

the force that/who opposes the central character

the end of the story where the outcome for the character is revealed

interruption of current time to reference something that occurred at an earlier time period

a conflict between a character and an outside force