Literary Devices!

An author's specific choice in words.

The feeling or ambience resulting from the tone of a piece of writing.

"Life is a beach" is an example of what device?

Contrast between expectations for a situation and what is reality.

"I've told you a MILLION times to be quiet!" is an example of what?

Reference to something or someone by naming one of its attributes.

Alexander the Great and John the Lionhearted are examples of what device?

"We are born to sorrow, pass our time in sorrow, end our days in sorrow" is an example of what?

The variety that a group of people speak, separated by geography, class, or ethnicity.

Terms and language used in a particular context or setting.

"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times" is an example of what device?

The sensory details in a work.

Substituting harsh words with more favorable or polite words EX(He passed away instead of died)

When the author gives clues about events that will happen later in the story.

A deliberate understatement, especially when expressing a thought by denying its opposite.