Literary Devices - Set 1

Front

Reference to a well-known person, event, place, literary work, or art

Back

allusion

Front

Repetition of initial consonant sounds

Back

alliteration

Front

Central message about life in literature

Back

theme

Front

Feeling created in the reader by a literary work.

Back

mood

Front

Writer's attitude toward audience/subject

Back

tone

Front

Struggle between opposing forces

Back

conflict

Front

Use of something that represents a deeper meaning

Back

symbolism

Front

Figurative language giving human traits to nonhuman subjects

Back

personification

Front

Figurative language using exaggeration for emphasis.

Back

hyperbolde

Front

Figurative language describing one thing as another.

Back

metaphor