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Literary Devices
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Alliteration | Repetition of consonant sounds |
| Characterization | development of physical and personality traits of a character, may be shown through direct or indirect means (infer) |
| Conflict | A struggle between two opposing forces, man vs. man (external) man vs. nature (external), man vs. himself (internal) |
| Dialogue | Conversation between two or more characters |
| Fiction | prose writing that tells about imaginary characters and events (genre) |
| Flashback | an interruption in the present action to recall a past event |
| Foreshadowing | the use of clues that suggest events that have yet to occur |
| Genre | a division or type of literature (prose, poetry, drama) |
| Irony | a literary technique that involves surprising, amusing, or interesting contradictions |
| Metaphor | A comparison of two unlike things, may be referenced throughout a piece of literature |
| Mood | the feeling created in the reader by a literary work, usually through an author's use of imagery, dialogue, setting and plot |
| Narrator | a speaker or character who tells a story |
| Nonfiction | prose writing that presents and explains ideas or that tells about real people, places, objects, or events (genre) |
| Onomatopoeia | the use of words that imitate sounds |
| Personification | a type of figurative language in which a nonhuman subject is given human characteristics |
| Plot | the series of events in a story; plot structure includes exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution |
| Poetry | the art of rhythmical composition, written or spoken, for exciting pleasure by beautiful, imaginative, or elevated thoughts (genre) |
| Point of View (POV) | the perspective or vantage point from which a story is told; first person, omniscient third person, limited third person |
| Setting | The time and place of the action of a literary work |
| Simile | A comparison of two unlike things using like or as |
| Symbol | anything that stands for or represents something else |
| Theme | central message or idea |
| Imagery | vivid, descriptive language that appeals to the five senses |
| Hyperbole | an over-exaggeration, used for emphasis or effect |
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