Short Story Literary Devices

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A literary device that uses people, words, or ideas to represent something beyond the literal meaning.

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symbol

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Dr. Frankenstein creates and tries to overpower his creation in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. This is an example of _____

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conflict

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Jade, a Coca Cola employee, buys a Pepsi for lunch. Literary device?

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situational irony

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A literary term for the main events in a story is called the ___.

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plot

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Quote: “Ah, happy, happy boughs! that cannot shed Your leaves, nor ever bid the spring adieu.” Literary device?

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diction

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Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman uses _____ to narrate Willy Loman’s memories. Willy interacts with his dead brother while playing cards with Charley, reliving past conversations. This shows a character living in the present but mentally in the past.

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flashback

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_______ in literature expresses the author's attitude through writing.

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Tone