Literary Devices and Terms to Know

The writing style of the author

to say a person, place, thing, or an action is something else; it is actually a comparison

An intentional exaggerated statement

 is a reference to a person, place, thing or idea in history, culture, literature or politics. 

It is a statement that contradicts itself and still seems true somehow. 

A conversation between two or more characters

a universal life lesson

It's when an author causes you to recall an event that already happened.

a literary term used to describe the events that make up a story or the main part of a story

A literary device in which a writer gives advanced hint of what is to come later in the story.

It is defined as a word, which imitates the natural sounds of a thing. 

a figure of speech in which two opposite ideas are used together to create an effect