Literary Devices

What is used when an author shows/explains what a character is like, rather than simply telling

The meaning of a story and what it reveals about human nature.  The takeaway.

"I'm so hungry I could eat a cow" is an example of what literary device?

His hair was snow white and stuck to his head like duckfluff.

This literary device is used when good is rewarded and evil is punished.

Dill talks about having read Dracula before.  Mentioning a book inside a book is an example of:

"Life is like a box of chocolates."

Poets like Shakespeare wrote using a strict one of these.  Shakespeare's was ABAB CDCD EFEF GG.

When a person is portrayed in a fixed way.

Post-apocalyptic, Belleville, NY, with cow zombies in the year 2016 is an example of what?

Anakin eventually turns into Vader.  What is Anakin's shadow an example of?

Descriptions of the setting, using sensory details, creates this literary device...

What is illustrated by the below picture?

Hints used to clue the reader into what might happen later in a piece are considered...

This word is used to describe a third person narrator who knows the characters' thoughts.

Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.

What type of conflict is a character experiencing if he deals with depression and insecurity?

Which of the following is not a type of conflict?

A character's speech to himself, herself, or no one in particular.

My life is a never-ending roller coaster.

Spoken lines between characters set with quotation marks.

We know that there is a thief hiding in the house, but the characters do not.  What is this?

What literary device is illustrated in the picture below?

The repetition of a sound that occurs inside of one or more sentences.

What does the below picture illustrate?

The sad maple fought the harsh autumn breeze for position of its remaining leaves.

What literary device does the below picture illustrate?

Counting Crows

A fisherman looks out over the water, sees the picture below, and says, "Looks a bit choppy."

Which literary device does the following picture illustrate?

The feeling developed through descriptions of the setting and the five senses. 

This term refers to anything that should not be taken literally.

What is the below quote an example of?

The family was devastated by the fire.  The house was gone.  Their things were gone.  All gone.

Mental pictures created by using descriptions of the senses.

Words that imitate sounds.

Any person, object, or idea that stands for something other than itself.

An interruption of the present action to insert an episode that took place earlier.

Metaphors and Similes are the most popular type of this literary device...

What is the point of view of To Kill a Mockingbird?

What literary device is illustrated in the meme below?

What is illustrated below?

What happens in a story.