Literary Devices

Summer of 1997, Wildwood

insertion of an earlier event into the normal chronological sequence of a narrative

nonfiction is an example of...

the use of words that mimic the sounds they represent

This is an original copy of the US Constitution.

main character

a reference to something outside the work in which it is found

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Cars dance across the icy yard.

conversation between 2 or more characters

figure of speech that compares 2 unlike things through the use of like or as

The teacher is so old she edited the Bible for mistakes.

the use of clues to give readers hints of an event yet to come

repetition of initial consonant sounds in 2 or more consecutive or neighboring words

use of an object,character,or idea to represent something else

figure of speech that compares two unlike things without the use of like or as

I didn't do my ditto.

Computers are the vehicles of tomorrow.

category of literature

the opponent of main character in a story

a figure of speech made up of seemingly contradictory parts

Ouch

giving human qualities to inanimate objects, ideas, or animals

the perspective from which the story is told; the relation of the narrator to the story

"I can't go to school today,mom?" "Oh, Really...Why not?"

the time and place in which the main story events occur

exaggeration

She picked purple peppers.

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