Literary devices

The ____ is the character or force in conflict with the main character in a literary work.

The time and place of the action in a literary work is called the ______.

___ is any events that occur after the resolution of the story.

What is this: A flag represents freedom

What is this: The house stared angrily at its new occupant.

The _____________ is the most exciting point in the story. 

_____ is the use of words that imitate sounds. (Clash, bang, boom, beep)

_________________ is a minor story that runs inside the main story.

What is this: Shakespearian and Petrarchan

What is this: New York, New York, at the turn of the century

A literary device where an author ridicules specific people, groups or some aspect of society.

Uses like or as to compare two things.

What is this: Time is money.

___ is a struggle for opposing forces, such as two people fighting or the problem of the story.

___ is the central message of a literary work. It is a generalization about humans in life.

____ is the feeling created in the reader by the literary work.

The ____ point of view is when a character tells the story.

A writer's attitude toward his or her subject is called the _____.

The _____ is the main character in a work of literature.

An outside voice tells the story & we see all character's thoughts & emotions.

The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words is:

__ is the use of clues that suggest or predict what will occur late in the story.

What is this: “Gentlemen! You can’t fight in here. This is the war room.”

The ____ is the sequence of events, or what happens, in a story

____ is a reference to a well-known person, place, event, work of literature, or work of art. 

Cunning characters who outwit people, animals, and gods to overcome obstacles.

An item that stands for or represents something else.

Descriptive language that appeals to one or more of the 5 senses.

What is the assignment of human characteristics to or inanimate objects?

Writing that uses humor to comment on human flaws, ideas customs or institutions.

What is this: Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels

What is this: Western, Science Fiction, Documentary

What is this: Greed, Love, Sadness