Literary Devices

Traditional story in a particular culture, serves to explain a mysterious natural phenomenon

a widely told story about the past, that may or may not have a foundation in fact

Short Narrative that has been orally transmitted through generations

the portion of the plot that follows the climax or crisis

stories, songs, and poems, about history, passed down from generation to generation

Poetry that lacks regular meter, does not rhyme, and uses irregular line length

Attributing Human characteristics to nonhuman things

Similie

A literary device involving unusual use of language

When a character gets what he or she deserves

The technique of introducing into a narrative preparing for future events

The classification of literary works on the basis of their context, form, or technique

Person, place, thing, or event that stands for itself and beyond itself too

legendary figure whose adventures form the core of the epic poem.

scene that interrupts the present action of a narrative

a metaphor, that is developed over over several lines of writing or entire poem

Beliefs traditions, rituals, stories, and other creative expressions of ordinary people

the audience, reader knows something important that a character in a play or book doesn't know

Language that employs one or more figures of speech

Define Metaphor

Adjective or descriptive phrase that is regularly used to characterized a person

Deliberate exaggeration for effect

A group of poetic lines corresponding to paragraphs in prose

any writing that relates imagined characters and occurrences

Language uses to appeal the senses