Devices 1
What is alliteration?
The central character and the one with whom the reader often identifies
Who is the Protagonist?
Communication between two or more people
What is dialogue?
Lyric poem of fourteen lines, usually in iambic pentameter; rhymes arranged according to certain definite patterns. Expresses a single/ complete idea/thought with a reversal, twist, or change of direction in the concluding lines.
An author gives hints or clues as to what will happen in a story
What is foreshadowing?
Exaggeration for emphasis or humorous effect
What is hyperbole
A character (or force) that opposes the protagonist
Who is the antagonist?
A common, often used expression that doesn't make sense if you take it literally
Poem that expresses a person's thoughts or feelings
What is a lyric poem?
The author interrupts the scene of a narrative to tell about earlier events
What is a flashback?
This compares two things directly without using the words "like" or "as"
What is a metaphor?
A story is told within a story
What is a framed narrative?
A comparison of two items, more extensive than a simile, often used to convey difficult ideas by comparing them to things or ideas most people know
What is an analogy?
A lyric poem usually marked by serious, respectful, & exalted feelings toward the subject
What is an ode?
Author directly describes character
A word that imitates a specific sound
What is Onomatopoeia?
The author reveals to the reader what the character is like by describing how the character looks and dresses, by letting the reader hear what the character says, by revealing the character's private thoughts and feelings, by revealing the characters effect on other people (showing how other characters feel or behave toward the character), or by showing the character in action. Common in modern literature
Indirect Characterization
A figure of speech where the name of a thing is being substituted for another word or term closely associated with it
What is metonymy?
A poetic meter that is made up of 5 stressed syllables each followed by an unstressed syllable
What is iambic pentameter?
A type of autobiography that often focuses on a specific time period or historical event
An implied or indirect reference to a person, place, or thing that is fictitious, historical, or real
What is an Allusion?
The novel or story begins at the midpoint, flashes back to the beginning, & tells the story from there
What is In Medias Res?
The repetition of similar parts of a sentence or of several sentences to show that the phrases or sentences are of equal importance
Poem that follows no specific guidelines about rhyme, meter, or length
What is a free verse poem?
A narrative written in the form of letters, diary/journal entries, postcards, or e- mail
What is an Epistolary Narrative?