Literary Devices Review

the basic struggle between the protagonist and the antagonist.

a figure of speech that makes a comparison between two things using the word "like" or "as"

A speech made by a character when he is alone on stage

A character in the story tells the story

when something knowingly exaggerates or says one thing and means another

The author’s underlying message about man or human nature.

a person or force in conflict with the protagonist

The stated or implied attitude of a writer toward the subject.

an all knowing narrator tells the story

An indirect reference to another literary work or to a famous person, place, or event

The author’s uniquely individual way of communicating ideas

The reader or viewer knows something that a character doesn't 

The time and place in which the events of the story occur.

unrhymed lines of poetry written in iambic pentameter--used most famously by Shakespeare

figure of speech that compares two things that are basically unalike 

 a character that does not change in the story

Hints of what is to come in the story 

Repetition of initial consonant sounds

The object, event, or character that represents someone or something in the story