Literary devices

Cards (13)

  • Literary devices
    elements and techniques used in writing that construct the whole of your literature
  • imagery
    visually descriptive or figurative language in writing
  • personification
    human characteristic to non human objects
  • point of view
    How your story is told is what your point is
  • Protagonist
    This is the good guy in the story or the person on the readers will root for
  • Antagonist
    Bad guy or the person trying to prevent your protagonist
  • foreshadowing
    The placement of clue about what will happen in the future of the story
  • Conflict
    This is the basic term to describe the difficulties, your protagonist or your face on your book
  • Allegory
    A literary device that is used to convey hidden through symbolic and imagery
  • Alliteration
    The repetition of the same starting sound in the sequence of words
  • Assonance
    Repetition of vowel sounds in praise or sentence
  • Cliché
    is used so commonly that has a little effect
  • Euphemism
    A literary device that uses a less or abrasive instead of the original