Literary Devices

Mrs. Vasquez (United States of America)
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  1. alliteration
    use of the same consonant at the beginning of each word
  2. allusion
    passing reference or indirect mention
  3. antagonist
    someone who offers opposition
  4. characterization
    the act of describing essential features
  5. conflict
    an open clash between two opposing groups
  6. foreshadowing
    the act of providing vague advance indications
  7. image
    a visual representation produced on a surface
  8. irony
    incongruity between what might be expected and what occurs
  9. metaphor
    a figure of speech that suggests a non-literal similarity
  10. mood
    a characteristic state of feeling
  11. personification
    attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas
  12. plot
    a small area of ground covered by specific vegetation
  13. point of view
    a mental position from which things are perceived
  14. protagonist
    the principal character in a work of fiction
  15. repetition
    the act of doing or performing again
  16. setting
    the physical position of something
  17. simile
    a figure of speech expressing a resemblance between things
  18. symbolism
    the practice of investing things with arbitrary meaning
  19. theme
    the subject matter of a conversation or discussion
  20. flashback
    a transition in a story to an earlier event or scene
  21. foil
    hinder or prevent, as an effort, plan, or desire
  22. narrator
    someone who tells a story
  23. diction
    the manner in which something is expressed in words
  24. tone
    the distinctive property of a complex sound
  25. motif
    a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work
  26. character
    a property that defines the individual nature of something
  27. motivation
    psychological feature arousing action toward a desired goal
  28. audience
    a gathering of spectators or listeners at a performance
Created on Sun Sep 11 23:21:34 EDT 2016 (updated Thu Sep 07 19:56:02 EDT 2017)

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