Literary Devices

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

Making an educated guess based on clues.

The writer's purpose for a journal entry

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

Most important idea of a story or paragraph.

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

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

Type of writing with characters, plot, and setting.

Finding the differences between two or more things.

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

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

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

Type or category of writing.

A consequence or result of an event

The attitude or voice of the writer.

Nonfiction article written to give information.

Arranged in order of time.

Determining the ways two or more things are that same

The author's purpose for a news story.

The information comes from a reliable source.

An article/story written to convince the reader

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