Literary Devices
When something in a story predicts a future event or idea
Foreshadowing
A detailed description of something, usually using the five senses
Imagery
A person, place, or thing.
Noun
When three or more words that begin with similar sounds show up in a text.
Alliteration
A word that comes before a noun to show if it's specific or general
Article
To make a hint or reference to a (historical) person, event, or literary work
Allusion
A joking phrase exploiting different possible meanings of (soundalike) words
Pun
A word that describes a noun.
Adjective
A comparison between two things, usually with "like" or "as"
Simile
A word preceding a noun to show direction, time, location, to introduce it, etc
Preposition
A thing that represents or stands for something
Symbol
To say or describe something as opposite, often for humorous or emphatic effect
Irony
An action, occurrence, or state of being.
Verb
An exaggeration
Hyperbole
A word used to connect/coordinate ideas and clauses
Conjunction
A recurring idea or event in a story/plot
Motif
A story that can reveal a hidden meaning, usually a moral or political one.
Allegory
A word that refers to something; used in place of a noun
Pronoun
To give something that is not alive human-like qualities
Personification
An abrupt remark, usually interrupts a phrase
Interjection
To make contradictory ideas seem comparable
Oxymoron
A popular phrase which means something different from its literal meaning.
Idiom
A word that describes an adjective, verb, or itself.
Adverb
To describe something as something else; not literally
Metaphor
A group of words containing a subject and a verb
Clause