Literary Devices Review

paint a picture with words

Bread was a great example of the use of motif.

Lamb to the Slaughter was a great example of dramatic irony.

narrative technique of interrupting the chronological sequence of events to interject events of earlier occurrence

when the reader knows something the characters do not

The First Day was an example of imagry.

The Red Fox Fur Coat was an example of suspense.

a valuable tool for keeping a reader’s attention and interest

a repeated element that has symbolic significance to a story