IB Literary Devices

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Hints of future events creating suspense and expectations.

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foreshadowing

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A long prose fiction work with characters, situations, and setting

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novel

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The teller of the story

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narrator

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The vantage point from which an author presents characters and events in a story.

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Point of view

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Main idea or meaning of a literary work

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theme

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The author's choice of words in a literary work

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diction

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Central character of a story, play, or novel

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protagonist

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Equating two things for effect, stating them as the same.

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metaphor

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Strict dictionary meaning of a word

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denotation

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The start of a fiction work where the atmosphere, setting, characters, and plot information are introduced.

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Exposition