Literary Devices

Question 1

Words, phrases, and figurative language, combine to help create meaning and tone.

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diction

Question 2

future events in a story, or sometimes the outcome, are suggested or hinted before they happen.

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foreshadow

Question 3

Extended metaphor in which the elements have meaning that lie outside the narrative itself.

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allegory

Question 4

Cannot be taken literally since it was written to create a special effect or feeling.

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figurative language

Question 5

Interrupts the plot of a story and goes back to a past event.

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flashback

Question 6

Provides necessary background information about the characters and their circumstances.

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exposisiton

Question 7

A struggle or clash between opposing characters, forces, or emotions. Internal or external.

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conflict

Question 8

Used to express the exact opposite of its literal meaning.

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irony

Question 9

inform or teach someone about something, to entertain people or to persuade or convince

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author's purpose

Question 10

turning point in a narrative; the moment when the conflict is at its most intense

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climax

Question 11

setting+ dialogue

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mood

Question 12

The language of a particular region or group of people.

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dialect

Question 13

The generally accepted importance of a work representing a given culture.

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cultural significance

Question 14

A figure of speech in which the author uses exaggeration for emphasis or effect.

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hyperbole

Question 15

reveal characters and their various traits and personalities (e.g., direct, indirect).

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characterization

Question 16

Real or fictitious person, event, place, art, or another work of literature within writing.

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allusion

Question 17

A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes

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personification

Question 18

Descriptive or figurative language; the use of language to create sensory impressions.

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imagery

Question 19

Contrast between what a character thinks to be true and what we (the readers) know to be true.

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dramatic irony

Question 20

Also compares two things, but it does so more directly WITHOUT using "like" or "as."

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metaphor

Question 21

Diminishing tensions and the resolution of the plot's conflicts and complications.

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falling action

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