English - Literary Devices

Question 1

Direct Characterization

Answer 1

When a character is being described (physical description or a description of what they’re like).

Question 2

Indirect Characterization

Answer 2

Using a character’s speech or actions to show a their personality without saying it directly (the reader has to infer).

Question 3

Dynamic Character

Answer 3

A character that experiences a change or transformation

Question 4

Static Character

Answer 4

A stable and consistent character

Question 5

Flat Character

Answer 5

A simple, one-dimensional character that the reader doesn’t learn much about.

Question 6

Round Character

Answer 6

A complicated character that the reader learns a lot about.

Question 7

Metaphor

Answer 7

A word or phrase used to describe something by calling it something else. “These shoes are fire!”

Question 8

Simile

Answer 8

Describing something by comparing it to something else, includes words “like” or “as”. “The shower was as hot as fire.”

Question 9

Personification

Answer 9

Assign qualities of a human to something that is not alive. “This darkness is evil.”

Question 10

Hyperbole

Answer 10

Making a statement that is bigger than actual. “I’m so hungry I could eat a horse.”

Question 11

Foreshadowing

Answer 11

A hint or a preview about what’s going to happen in the future. “The gun on the shelf”

Question 12

Archetype

Answer 12

A character that has a specific set of characteristics or traits. “Hero Archetype”

Question 13

Allusion

Answer 13

Using something that’s historical, religious or something outside the book to better describe what’s happening or to show an example. “Mountain as large as Everest”

Question 14

Foil

Answer 14

Two characters that have opposite characteristics. And use the differences between the characters to help develop who they are. “Superman and the bad guy”

Question 15

Symbol

Answer 15

A tangible thing that describes or stands for something else. “the conch shell symbolizes power and order”