Literary Devices

The way the writer creates and develops a character's personality

The author's purpose for a news story.

Main character of the story; often a good or heroic type of person.

The attitude or voice of the writer.

Finding the differences between two or more things.

Type of writing with characters, plot, and setting.

Nonfiction article written to give information.

Type or category of writing.

Making an educated guess based on clues.

Speech that reflects the way words are pronounced, vocabulary used.  to a geographical region

What the author is trying to get across with his or her writing.

Arranged in order of time.

A consequence or result of an event

The writer's purpose for a journal entry

Determining the ways two or more things are that same

An article/story written to convince the reader

When a person, place, thing, or event is used to represent something else.

Copying someone's work and claiming it as your own.

Most important idea of a story or paragraph.

The information comes from a reliable source.

A person, thing, or force that works against the protagonist.

Repetition of vowel sounds such as stony, holy or the man sat back at last.