The Odyssey Part 1 ~ Literary Devices

Front

Conflict within a character's mind

Back

Internal conflict

Front

Narrative device hinting future events

Back

Foreshadowing

Front

Character revealed through actions, speech, and others' opinions

Back

Indirect characterization

Front

Scene interrupting present action to show past

Back

Flashback

Front

Nonhuman quality as human

Back

Personification

Front

Characterizing phrase for a person, place, or thing

Back

Epithet

Front

Comparison using like or as

Back

Simile

Front

Sensory details: similes, metaphors, onomatopoeia, imagery

Back

Imagery

Front

An elaborate simile that may continue for several lines

Back

Epic Simile

Front

Larger than life character valued by society

Back

Epic Hero