Literary Devices

Question 1

Connotation

Answer 1

The meaning that a word suggest or implies.

Question 2

Dialect

Answer 2

The language in particular district, class, or group of persons.

Question 3

Dynamic Characters

Answer 3

A Character who’s attitude or opinion changes during the course of the story, usually as a result of a catalyst.

Question 4

Allusion

Answer 4

A reference to do something which the reader is likely to be similar.

Question 5

Antagonist

Answer 5

The character in opposition to the protagonist or hero; the opponent.

Question 6

Catalyst

Answer 6

Someone or something that causes a change in the character (essential in describing the dynamic character).

Question 7

Cause/Effect

Answer 7

Cause = what happens Effect = the result

Question 8

Climax

Answer 8

The highest point of tension in a story.

Question 9

Conflict

Answer 9

A struggle between two opposing forces.

Question 10

figurative language

Answer 10

A word or phrase that DOES NOT HAVE ITS NORMAL EVERYDAY LITERAL MEANING. There are a few different ways to use figurative language, including (metaphors, similes, personification and hyperbole).

Question 11

Flashbacks

Answer 11

Remembering past events.

Question 12

Foreshadowing

Answer 12

The use of clues that suggest what will happen in the story.

Question 13

Genre

Answer 13

The type of writing that is classified by technique, tone, length or context.

Question 14

Hyperbole

Answer 14

A description that is exaggerated for emphasis.

Question 15

Idiom

Answer 15

A common phrase made up of words that can’t be understood by there literal meanings.

Question 16

Imagery

Answer 16

Descriptive language that appeals to the senses (sight, hearing, taste, smell and touch).

Question 17

Inference

Answer 17

Using information that you already know and combining it with what you are reading to guess what will happen.

Question 18

Motivation

Answer 18

Something that causes a character to act.

Question 19

Tone

Answer 19

The authors attitude towards his subject.

Question 20

Personification

Answer 20

Figurative language in which poets gibe an animal, object, or idea human quality’s.

Question 21

Plot

Answer 21

The events that occur in a story.

Question 22

POV (point of view)

Answer 22

Who’s is telling the story.

Question 23

Irony

Answer 23

The difference between what appears to be and what really is.

Question 24

Metaphor

Answer 24

A comparison not using like or as.

Question 25

Mood

Answer 25

The feeling created in the reader by a story or poem.

Question 26

Onomatopia

Answer 26

A word that represents the sound it makes.

Question 27

Protagonist

Answer 27

Another word for the main character.

Question 28

Pun

Answer 28

A plat on words, often humorous, that uses words that have similar or identical sounds but very different meanings.

Question 29

Setting

Answer 29

The time and place.

Question 30

Simile

Answer 30

A comparison using like or as.

Question 31

Speaker

Answer 31

The voice behind the poem-the person we imagine to be saying the poem out loud.(not the poet)

Question 32

Stereotype

Answer 32

Judging someone by looks and not actions.

Question 33

Symbol

Answer 33

A concrete or physical object stands for an idea.

Question 34

Theme

Answer 34

The message the author is trying to teach the reader (often about life, it can be why the author wrote the story).

Question 35

Characterization

Answer 35

A description of characters personality not looks.