Literary Devices One
When words are used to suggest the opposite of the literal meaning.
What is Verbal Irony?
The main character in a story.
Who is the protagonist?
A literary device in which a writer gives an advance hint of what is to come later in the story.
what is Foreshadowing?
Occurs when the audience expects something to happen, but then something else happens instead.
What is Situational Irony?
An exaggeration.
What is Hyperbole?
A form of figurative language in which something that is not human is given human characteristics.
What is Personification?
An author’s attitude toward his or her subject and audience.
What is Tone?
The struggle or problem faced by the characters.
What is the conflict?
The point of highest tension or turning point in a story.
What is climax?
When the audience knows something the characters do not.
What is Dramatic Irony?
The writer or speaker refers either directly or indirectly to a person, event, or thing in history or to a work of art or literature.
What is Allusion?
Anything that appears on the surface to be one thing, yet represents something else and carries a hidden, deeper meaning. (Example: dove, lion, olive branch).
What is Symbolism?
The background information at the beginning of a story, including characters and setting.
What is the exposition?
The opposite force fighting against the protagonist.
Who is the Antagonist?
"A cool breeze carried carnival music and the aroma of popcorn my way. Just over the rise the lights blinked in a million colors." This appeal to the senses and the mental picture are this literary device.
What is a imagery?
When the first letters of words are the same as in: She shook the shears at the sheep.
What is alliteration?
A hint or clue about what will happen later in the story.
What is foreshadowing?
A paradoxical phrase combining opposite ideas, like “deafening silence.”
What is an oxymoron?
A figure of speech that makes a comparison using "like" or "as."
What is Simile?
A figure of speech that compares two things that are unrelated, but which share some common characteristics.
What is Metaphor?
Words that imitate sounds.
What is Onomatopoeia?
A narrator who knows the thoughts and feelings of all characters.
What is third person omniscient?
A story in which every character and event represents a larger idea, like Animal Farm.
What is an allegory?
This is the emotional feeling or atmosphere a reader experiences while reading a text.
What is mood?
A situation in which a statement seems contradictory but reveals a deeper truth, like “Less is more.”
What is a paradox?