Literary Devices and Terms to Know

the reason that explains why a character did something

A literary device in which a writer gives advanced hint of what is to come later in the story.

It is a statement that contradicts itself and still seems true somehow. 

the writer's attitude toward their audience/work (how author feels while they are writing)

language unique to a specific region or group 

 is a reference to a person, place, thing or idea in history, culture, literature or politics. 

personal unreasoned judgement for or against a person or idea

It's when an author causes you to recall an event that already happened.

Something that represents or stands for something else 

an expression that cannot be understood literally (it's raining cats and dogs)

the feeling created in the reader

a literary term used to describe the events that make up a story or the main part of a story

The writing style and techniques of the author (what skill an author is good at)

An intentional exaggerated statement

a figure of speech in which two opposite words are used together to create an effect

a comparison that develops over the course of a literary work

the dictionary meaning of a word

It's a comparison using like or as

reoccurring ideas in a story (the one word "building blocks" of theme )

the implicit meaning of a word - the emotions the reader connects or associates with a word

a character's sudden flash of insight (an "aha" moment)

to say a person, place, thing is something else; a comparison without using like or as 

language that creates sensory details (the author plays on the reader's five senses)

A nice, more pleasant way of wording something (reformatory instead of jail)