Literary Devices 2

An indirect reference to a well-known person, place, event, or object in history, or in a literary work is called

• argument
• allusion
• denotation
• inference

An educated guess based on information and evidence in a text and the reader's prior knowledge is called

• inference
• introduction
• allusion
• contrast

To show how something is DIFFERENT is to 

• contrast
• compare
• foreshadow
• conflict

An object or idea standing for something else in a story is called 

• symbolism
• personification
• assonance
• flashback

A literary device  that is used in stories to give clues to upcoming events is called

• alliteration
• foreshadowing
• allusion
• hyperbole

A figure of speech that give human qualities to nonhuman objects (Example: The wind whispered through the trees) is called 

• personification
• mood
• resolution
• alliteration

The time, place, and circumstances in which a story occur is called  

• setting
• climax
• mood
• prediction

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

Devices that authors use to enhance their literary work are called 

• conflicting views
• literary elements
• implied themes
• points of view

A literary work's emotional effect on audience is called 

• irony
• assonance
• mood
• symbolism

The writer's choice of setting, choice of vocabulary and other details that impacts general mood of the writing is called 

• flashback
• allusion
• setting
• tone