Literary Devices
Details that appeal to one or more of the five senses
What is imagery?
a conversation between two or more characters in a book or play
what is dialogue?
"It" "Thing" "Very" "Really" are all examples of this
Empty, generic words (or words to avoid using in writing)
stories can be told in 1st person, 2nd person, or 3rd person
what is point of view?
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It's unreliable or misinformation
When an object represents an idea
what is symbolism?
a play on words, especially with a double meaning of words that are spelled or sound the same
what is a pun?
The sentence in your introduction that focuses your essay and presents your main point
What is a thesis?
When the narrator or other characters describe a character
what is direct characterization?
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what is foreshadowing?
An extended speech given by one person to other people
Monologue
Illustrates, reveals, suggests, portrays, represents are all examples of this
strong verbs for analysis
The height of action or intensity of a plot
A recurring subject, theme, or idea in a literary work.
What is a motif?
The main idea or message of a literary work
What is theme?
When a character is speaking out loud to himself/herself; no one else on stage can hear
What is a soliloquy?
Images, metaphors, short provocative sentences, and questions are all example of this
What is an attention grabbing opening (or hook)?
the struggle occurring in a character's mind
what is internal conflict?
The cultural, social, emotional associations of a word
what is connotation?
The feeling a reader gets from descriptive details about setting; the feeling of the atmosphere
what is mood?
When the audience knows something the character doesn't, and the character acts in a very inappropriate or tragically wrong way due to lack of knowledge
what is dramatic irony?
Rather than dropping in a quotation as a separate sentence, effective writers do this.
What is blend the quotation into your own words?
A complex character who has layers
What is a round character?
A form of extended metaphor in which objects, people, and actions in a narrative are equated with meanings that lie outside the story. The underlying meaning may have moral, social, religious, or political significance, and characters are often personifications of abstract ideas.
What is allegory?