Literary Devices quiz – Flashcards
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Allusion
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a reference to another work of literature, person, or event
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Irony
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Contrast between appearance and reality.
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Situational Irony
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occurs when the outcome of a work is unexpected, or events turn out to be the opposite from what one had expected.
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Verbal Irony
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The contrast between what is said and what is actually meant.
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Symbol
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The use of any object, person, place or action that both has a meaning in itself and that stands for something larger than itself, such as a quality, attitude, belief or value.
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Foreshadowing
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the use of clues to hint at events that will occur later in the plot
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Epiphany
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the sudden realization of or insight into an essential truth
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Suspense
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The quality of literary work that makes the reader uncertain or tense about the outcome of events.
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Tone
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The writer's attitude toward his or her subject. Can often be described by a single adjective.
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Theme
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A central message or insight into life revealed through the literary work. A lesson about life or people.
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Point of view
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The perspective from which a story is told.
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1st person
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Narrator is one of the characters of the story. (I is used)
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3rd person limited
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Narrator is NOT a character in story and knows thoughts and feelings of ONE character. (He/She is used)
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3rd person omniscient
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Narrator is NOT a character in story and knows thoughts and feelings of ALL characters.(He/She is used)
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Mood
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The feeling created in the reader by a literary work or passage.
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Flashback
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Present movement of the story is halted and a scene from the past is relived;readers relive the past moment in the present.
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Imagery
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The words or phrases a writer uses to represent persons, objects,actions,feeling,and descriptively by appealing to the five senses(sight,smell,sound,taste,touch).
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Dynamic Character
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A character that undergoes a change in actions or beliefs during the course of a story.
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Static Character
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A character that does not grow or change throughout the story, that ends as he/she began.
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Flat Character
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Ofter a minor character;not fully developed by the author.
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Round Character
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Character is fully developed by the author
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Parallel Character
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Characters who have similarities and can be compared.
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Character foil
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Characters who are opposites;they contrast each other.
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Euphemism
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The use of indirect, mild, delicate, inoffensive,or vague word or expression for one thought to be unpleasent, offensive, or blunt. A nice way to say something.
