Literary Devices Flashcards
(29 cards)
Setting
The place or type of surroundings where something is positioned.
Simile
Compares 2 things using like or as.
EX- As quiet as a mouse
Idiom
Sayings that don’t mean what is said.
Ex- Head over heals.
Personification
Using a human characteristic to describe something nonhuman.
Ex- The trees stretched its long fingers.
Mood
The feeling that the reader gets while reading the material.
Tone
The feeling the author feels or is trying to set.
Hyperbole
Extravagant exaggeration
Ex- He runs like the wind.
Theme
Main topics that come out several times in the story.
Juxtaposition
Placing two contrasting elements side by side to highlight their differences.
Metaphor
Dramatic Irony
Verbal Irony
Antithesis
Motif
Dominate feature that shows itself sometimes.
Flashback
Foreshadowing
Extended Metaphor
Foil
Dynamic Characters
Static Characters
Conflict
The main problem that needs to be solved.
Rising Action
The major events that build tension and suspense affecting the conflict.
Falling Action
The affect the character’s choices on themselves and those around them.
Climax
The most exciting point which makes the characters make a choice.
