Literary Terms (Literary Devices)

Conversation between characters, can be used to move the action along.

What shows events from before the present of the story, often to reveal a character's motives

What is using a word or phrase repeatedly for emphasis?

Hints that the author gives of things that are to come in the story.

The repetition of initial consonant sounds.

Words that imitate sounds.

Reference to a well-known person, event, place, literary work or work of art.

Name or description of something implies the opposite of the truth.

What is a contrast between what appears to be real and what is actually real.

What type of irony does the reader or audience is aware of something characters are not.

Remarks that mean the opposite of what they seem to attempt to show contempt for someone