Literary Devices

reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or art

a brief story about an interesting, amusing, or strange event

a character or force in conflict with a main character or protagonist

the set of ideas associated with it in addition to its explicit meaning

a words dictionary meaning, independent of other associations that the word may have

form of a language spoken by people in a particular region or group

word choice

prose writing that tells about imaginary characters and events

a reference to an event that already happened

the use in a literary work of clues that suggest events that have yet to occur

category or type of literature

type of literature that uses imagery, figurative language, and special devices in stanzas and lines

a story written to be performed by actors.

literary techniques that portray differences between appearance and reality, expectation and result, or meaning and intention

words that are used to suggest the opposite of what is meant

contradiction between what the character thinks and what the reader or audeince knows to be true

the feeling created in the reader by a literary work or passage

a speaker or character that tells a story

a character in the story tell the story

narrator that is limited to one person's thoughts and feelings

all-knowing narrator

long work of fiction

the passing of song, stories, and poems from generation to generation by word of mouth

a statement that seems contradictory but that actually may be true

not poetry, drama, or song

the main character in a literary work

a short work of fiction

feeling or curiosity or uncertainty about the outcome of events in a literary work

anything that stands for or represents something else

message or insight into life revealed through the literary work

writer's attitude toward his or her audience or subject