Literary Devices Review

When a character in a drama gives a long speech to another character/characters, it is called a...

A title or brief explanation added to an article, illustration, cartoon, or poster.

The tulips are too red in the first place, they hurt me./Even though the gift paper I could hear them breathe

Refers to how the object positioned in relation to other things or people within the frame

The skill of editing and joining shots to get a particular effect

In cinematography, this refers to what goes into the frame, including the subjects, backdrop and props

When words in the same line of poetry rhyme

This type of third person narration shows one character's thoughts and feelings.

Example: "Trouncing the sea like a raging bather"

Which pronoun would be used if an author is using INCLUSIVE LANGUAGE?

Aristotle says this is "the imitation of an action that is serious and also, as having magnitude, complete in itself"

Another word for the resolution of a story

Example: "Nights, I squat in the cornucopia/of your left ear, out of the wind"

Space in a visual text that lacks images

In photography, when a subject is lit from the back, creating shadow

When characters speak in a cartoon, it usually appears in a _____________.

How vibrant or subdued color appears in a photo

Which of the following is an appeal to ethics/morals/speaker's expertise?

Which of the following is a term for a speaker's appeal to emotion?

Example: "All night your moth breath /flickers among the flat pink roses. I wake to listen: /A far sea moves in my ear."

This term refers to the author's attitude toward the subject matter in the writing.

The historical, physical, and political "place" of a story

"A scowl of sun struck down my mother": What literary device is used?

The message a work conveys about a global (universal) issue (topic)

A simplification of the golden ratio, pleasing to the human eye, where the subject is slightly off-center

This literary device is a specific type of extended metaphor.

Maria saying, "I hurt everyone who comes near me." is an example of...

Characters who are opposite: an example would be Mater and Lightning McQueen from Cars

_____ order is when events are told in the order in which they happened.

In this type of narration, the narrator is all-knowing/tells several characters' inner thoughts

This term refers to two subsequent lines of poetry that rhyme.

In photography, when shutter speed is slower, the photo is...

The "story" being told in a photo can be referred to as...

Worm's eye view is a type of

In a cartoon or artwork, the use of dark and light shades to draw a reader's attention

When cartoonists exaggerate the facial features of political figures as a comment on the person’s character.

The repetition of vowel sounds: "...arches above us"

Which of the following contains an interrogative sentence?

When an author goes back to events earlier than the main action

In literature, this typically symbolizes rebirth or a fresh start.

Indirect reference to lit., hist. event, person, art, movie, etc.: "He rode the flood in a pride of prongs"=Poseidon

Which of the following is a term for selecting an opportune time for creating a text?

__________ sound is sound that comes from characters, objects or events on the film set (such as dialogue)

Hints and clues that tell the reader what is coming up next

Point of View: "You wanted to feel disdain, to show it as you brought his order"

In photography, the person or object of focus

An object represents itself and something larger/ a larger idea

Example: He said, “Reckon I have. Almost died first year I come to school and et them pecans"

Which of the following is an appeal to logic?

Point of view: As the campers settled in, Zara hoped her eyes didn't show her fear, and Lisa silently wished for night."

An object or place that is repeated throughout a text

Meaning/emotion attached to a word

Which of the following first lines uses enjambment?

When a photograph is taken in real time, during the action, (presumably) without awareness of the object

What type of appeal is used when a doctor endorses a product

The dictionary definition of a word

When a character in a play gives a long speech to themself, it is called a...

When the opposite of what is expected happens. Ex. a fire station burning down

Which is a rhetorical question?

Which is an example of colloquial language?

In photography, the photograph's topic

Which of the following contains a sentence that uses parallel construction?

An author's word choice

Which is not a typical type of conflict in literature?

In this part of the story, we learn about the characters and setting.

The most bias type of 3rd person narration

Repetition of initial consonant sounds in neighboring words

Words meant to evoke emotion are called _____ words

A word that has the same meaning as the word in question

When authors use speech, thoughts, effect on others, actions, and looks to SHOW character personality: "a kind smile"

"Her eyes were the sun, illuminating every dark day." What literary device is used?

In photography, the term for where the person in the photo is looking

This term refers to the main character of a work.

In photography, the comparative sharpness of one object/area of the photo compared to other object/areas.

Sarcasm is a type of ____ irony.

When authors directly tell what a character's personality is like: "He was lazy."

This type of narration used in The Tunnel: "I am Juan Pablo Castel"

Written or spoken telling or relating of a story

Who wrote Ma Rainey's Black Bottom?

A demand or order uses __________ language

This type of character changes throughout the story/has good and bad traits

An object, person, or place that stands for a larger idea in the text

What color is typically associated with renewal, rebirth, or a fresh start?

When two objects, ideas, people, settings, etc. are set side-by-side to create an interesting comparison or contrast

Which author was a former math/physics professor?

This term refers to the conversation between characters in a work.

a protagonist that represents the consequences of possessing a tragic flaws or being doomed by a particular fate

Sentence structure

When the reader knows something the characters do not (like when we know Troy is cheating and Rose does not)