Literary Devices

What is a wild exaggeration, such as "this vocabulary list is killing me!"

What is descriptive language that engages the five senses?

What is when an author hints at upcoming events without directly stating they will happen?

What is a part of the story that happened BEFORE the current action?

What is a physical object that represents an idea or quality--example: a rose represents love?

What are the words that characters speak to one another, placed inside quotation marks?

What is when a narrator builds excitement in a scene; also called suspense?

What is another name for a story?

What is it called when words, symbols, themes or other story parts repeat more than once?

What is the author's attitude towards what they are writing?