Reading
Literary
Devices
Language
Use
Context
Clues
Plot
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True or False
A series of events in a story is called
a plot.
What is true.
True or False
The central message/lesson
learned/underlying idea of a story is
its symbol.
What false. That is
theme.
The point of view in which the
narrator of the story knows every
character’s thoughts and feelings is
A. First person
B. Second person
C. Third person limited
D. Third person omniscient
What is third person omniscient.
The point of view in which the
narrator of the story refers to itself as
“I” is
A. First person
B. Third person limited
C. Third person omniscient
D. objective
What is first person.
The feeling a text arouses in the
reader is
A. Foreshadowing
B. Tone
C. Mood
D. Plot
What is mood.
A comparison between two
unlike things using the words like
or as is a/an
What is a simile.
Saying the opposite of what one
really means is
What is verbal irony.
Giving hints or clues about future
events in a literary work is called
What is Foreshadowing.
The following is an example of what
type of irony? When Montresor was
leading Fortunato into the catacombs
the audience knew that something
bad was going to happen to
Fortunato, but Fortunato didn’t know.
What is
dramatic
irony.
True or False
The novel Of Mice and Men is
written in third person omniscient.
What is
True.
What is a verb?
What is a word or a group of words
that express action or a state of being.
What is a noun?
What is a person, place, or
thing.
Which sentence does not contain
a subject and a predicate?
A. Don’t bother Tom.
B. Tom walked to school today.
C. He walked to school.
D. Tom is.
What is Tom is.
True or False
Julie laughed, her side began to hurt
is not a run-on sentence?
What is false.
Define the word inference.
What is a guess based on evidence.
Their contributions helped turn
struggling ranches into lucrative
enterprises. Lucrative means
What is bringing in money;
profitable.
Many people would have jeered and
laughed at some of the traditions of
the past. Jeered means
To make fun of rudely or unkindly.
Peary, who had undertaken
several Arctic journeys,
treated the native peoples he
encountered in a manner one
would never condone today.
Condone means: A. Fabricate
B. Gluttony
C. Overlook
D. Pauper
What is C. Overlook
In the first decade of the 20th century,
before airplanes, reaching that
remote, frozen destination was no
easy task. Those who attempted it
had to surmount hazardous
conditions. What does surmount
mean?
What is to overcome, rise above.
What does comely mean?
Women of the past usually achieved
notoriety through their looks.
However, cowgirls were not only
comely, but sharpshooters, ropers,
and trick riders of Wild West shows.
What is having a pleasing
appearance.
What is exposition?
This usually occurs at the
beginning of a short story. Here
the characters are introduced. We
also learn about the setting of the
story. Most importantly, we are
introduced to the main conflict
What is rising action?
This part of the story begins to
develop the conflict(s).
What is the climax?
This is the turning point of the
story. Usually the main character
comes face to face with a conflict.
What is falling action?
All loose ends of the plot are tied up.
The conflict(s) and climax are taken
care of.
What is resolution?
The story comes to a reasonable
ending.