#Literary Elements/Devices

The central message of a literary work.

The representation of initial constant sounds

A feeling created in the reader by the literary work

Implied or a direct inference to something else like a familiar person, place or event

The comparison of two unlike things not using like, as, or than.

The struggle between opposing forces, two people fighting or a problem

The comparison between unlike things using like, as or than.

The most exciting part of the story

The interruption or the action of that gives information before the beginning of the story

An exaggeration or overstatement

When and object or character stands to represent something else in the literary work

The use of words whose sounds suggest their meaning