Literary Devices

Question 1

Setting

Answer 1

Refers to both the time and place in which the events of the story take place

Question 2

Protagonist

Answer 2

The main character of the story

Question 3

Antagonist

Answer 3

The chief enemy of the protagonist

Question 4

Conflict

Answer 4

The central source of tension in a story

Question 5

Verbal Irony

Answer 5

Occurs when a speaker says one thing but means another

Question 6

Situational Irony

Answer 6

Occurs when the expected outcome does not occur or the opposite happens instead

Question 7

Dramatic Irony

Answer 7

Occurs when the audience knows something that the character does not

Question 8

Symbol

Answer 8

Something that stands for more than itself

Question 9

Climax

Answer 9

The highest point of action in a story

Question 10

Suspense

Answer 10

Techniques used by the author to keep readers interested in the story and wondering what will happen next

Question 11

Simile

Answer 11

A direct comparison using like or as

Question 12

Alliteration

Answer 12

The repetition of the same sounds or similar sounds at the beginning of words or stressed syllables

Question 13

Personification

Answer 13

Giving human characteristics to inanimate objects

Question 14

Tone

Answer 14

Expresses the authors attitude toward his/her subject

Question 15

Mood

Answer 15

The atmosphere or feeing created by a literary work

Question 16

Allusion

Answer 16

A brief reference or hint which could refer to historical characters, another text, pop culture, events, or mythology

Question 17

Metaphor

Answer 17

An indirect comparison between two things

Question 18

Foreshadow

Answer 18

Hints at future events

Question 19

Imagery

Answer 19

Visually descriptive or figurative language to appeal to our physical senses

Question 20

Hyperbole

Answer 20

Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be take literally

Question 21

Theme

Answer 21

The overall message or idea in a story

Question 22

Plot

Answer 22

The main events of a novel presented in an interrelated sequence

Question 23

Malapropism

Answer 23

The mistaken use of a word in place of a similar sounding one

Question 24

Point of View

Answer 24

From who the story is being told

Question 25

Rising Action

Answer 25

A series of relevant events that build suspense, interest, and tension leading up to the climax

Question 26

Falling Action

Answer 26

The part of the story after the climax

Question 27

Resolution

Answer 27

The solving of the main conflict of the novel

Question 28

Pun

Answer 28

A joke exploiting the different meanings of a word or words that sound alike but mean different things