Literary Devices

an act of speaking one's thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers, to express emotion.

a line of verse with five metrical feet, each consisting of one short unstressed and stressed syllable.

Persuading by appealing to the audiences emotions

Convincing someone by establishing credibility and trustworthiness

A statement that asserts something to be true or right

Using facts, evidence, stats, and logic to persuade an audience

Links your evidence to your claim, an explanation.

a brief, indirect reference to a person, place, thing, or idea that is already widely known or understood

a figure of speech where one thing is described as something else to create a comparison w/o using like or as.

When you put something said by another into your own words, keeping the same message.

The main idea of message in a story, what it's REALLY about.

The contrast between what is said and actually meant, or between what happens and is expected to happen.

When the author tells you exactly what a character is like

Proving a statement or argument wrong

When an author shows you what a character is like through their actions, speech, appearance, etc.

a literary device where an author hints at future events or plot developments without revealing them directly

Admitting that an opposite point to yours is valid