Literary Terms (Literary Devices)

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

What is using a word or phrase repeatedly for emphasis?

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

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

The repetition of initial consonant sounds.

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

Words that imitate sounds.

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

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

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

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