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Literary Devices Review
Literary Devices Review
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A review of English literary devices that high school students need to know.
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The narrator's position in relation to the story being told
Imagery
Hyperbole
Point of view
Foil
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The leading character or one of the major characters in a text
Flat character
Protagonist
Static character
Round character
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Expresses the writer's attitude toward or feelings about the subject matter and audience
Personification
Mood
Tone
Theme
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The emotional feeling or atmosphere that a work of literature produces in a reader
Hyperbole
Personification
Metaphor
Mood
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Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally
Antagonist
Allusion
Hyperbole
Allegory
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The attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman
Personification
Imagery
Flashback
Situational Irony
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This quote is an example of...
Protagonist
Tone
Foreshadowing
Simile
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The main idea of a literary work that may be stated directly or indirectly
Setting
Connotation
Theme
Allegory
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The comparison of two things without using like or as
Protagonist
Metaphor
Simile
Hyperbole
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A story that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one.
Theme
Plot
Allegory
Antagonist
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When a writer gives an advance hint of what is to come later in the story
Flashback
Foreshadowing
Situational Irony
Anecdote
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This quote is an example of...
Plot
Setting
Metaphor
Personification
13
A struggle between two opposing forces--usually a protagonist and an antagonist
Conflict
Foil
Metaphor
Onomatopoeia
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Sound words
Theme
Onomatopoeia
Allegory
Setting
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An interruption of the chronological sequence in a literary work to go to an earlier occurrence
Protagonist
Flashback
Anecdote
Simile
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The use of words to mean something different than what they appear to mean
Hyperbole
Verbal Irony
Setting
Antagonist
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This quote is an example of...
Foil
Metaphor
Imagery
Conflict
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Descriptive language that causes people to imagine pictures in their mind
Setting
Imagery
Alliteration
Simile
19
On October 23rd, 2014 Maya was camping in the forests of Washington. This is an example of...
Setting
Foil
Theme
Antagonist
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An indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of literary significance, etc.
Theme
Allusion
Allegory
Setting
