literary devices

Question 1

Dramatic irony

Answer 1

When the audience or readers know more about a situation than the character does

Question 2

Situational Irony

Answer 2

Outcome of a situation is contrary to or different from what is expected

Question 3

Verbal irony

Answer 3

Someone says something sharply different from the reality of the situation

Question 4

1st person point of view

Answer 4

Uses pronouns “I, me, we and us” to tell a story from the narrators perspective.

Question 5

2nd person pov

Answer 5

Reader is apart of the story. Uses “you”

Question 6

3rd person limited

Answer 6

Narrator has access to the thoughts and emotions of just one character

Question 7

3rd person omniscient

Answer 7

Multipule characters thoughts are being seen at the same time.

Question 8

3rd person objective

Answer 8

A unbiased narrator who doesn’t reveal the thought or feelings of the characters.

Question 9

Conflict

Answer 9

Struggle between two sides due to a disagreement in values, desires, motivations, etc.

Question 10

Juxtaposition

Answer 10

Close placement of contrasting ideas, images, or entities, with the intent of highlighting the contrast

Question 11

Motivation

Answer 11

Make characters relatable and realistic and reveals a character’s actions to understand why they do them.

Question 12

Theme

Answer 12

Overall main idea of a story

Question 13

Simile

Answer 13

Rhetorical device used to compare two things using the words “like, as, than”

Question 14

Symbolism

Answer 14

A figure of speech in which a person, situation, word, or object is used to represent another thing.

Question 15

Metaphor

Answer 15

Direct comparison. Two often unrelated objects are compared to eachother.

Question 16

Setting

Answer 16

Location and time frame in which the action of a narrative takes place.

Question 17

Personification

Answer 17

Gives human characteristics to nonhuman things or inanimate objects

Question 18

Flashback

Answer 18

A time that takes place before the story beings that interrupts the order of the plot to provide context or information that is important to the text.

Question 19

Imagery

Answer 19

Provides vivid, detailed descriptions and communicates a specific perception for an object or scene to a reader

Question 20

Characterization

Answer 20

Describes and provides information about specific characters in their work.