Literary Devices Review

This literary device repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words.

This is something that has meaning in itself while also standing for something greater.

This it is perspective or vantage point from which a story is told

This is a writer's choice of words to convey a specific meaning, tone, or impact in their writing.

This is figure of speech that compares two apparently unlike things without using like or as

Figurative language that appeals to one or more of the five senses—to create vivid mental pictures.

This involves a discrepancy between what is stated and what is meant or what is expected and what actually happens,

A device passing reference to historical or fictional places or events or to other famous literary works.

This literary device is the central message or insight into life revealed in a literary work.

This is a character who provides a contrast to another character; i.e. they are opposites of one another.

This literary device is the writer's attitude toward the audience and subject.

A figure of speech in which a speaker directly addresses an absent person or personified quality or object or idea.

A figure of speech that gives human traits to something nonhuman.

A literary device is the use of details or clues that hint at what will occur later in a plot suggests a certain outcome

This literary device is deliberate exaggeration or overstatement.

This literary device is a word that sounds like what it means.

This literary device is a conversation between characters,

This is a figure of speech that compares two apparently unlike things by using like or as.