Literary Elements and Devices Review

Define foreshadowing.

• A flashback of what happened previously
• A hint at something that will happen later
• Giving human-like characteristics to non-living things
• Comparing two unlike things using like or as

 “Remember, Cinderella,” warned her fairy godmother, “you must leave the ball at midnight. If you stay later, everything will turn back as it was. Your coach will become a pumpkin again. Your gown will become rags. Promise me you will remember.”
“Of course, I’ll remember,” said Cinderella, but as her coach carried her toward the ball, the warning was replaced in her mind with images of dancing and music.

• Symbolism
• Foreshadowing
• Asides
• Irony

Simile or Metaphor:
My mother's hair is as soft as a cloud.

• simile
• metaphor

Simile or Metaphor:
My father is a bear in the morning.

• simile
• metaphor

Simile or Metaphor:
My sister is like an angel in my life.

• simile
• metaphor

Simile or Metaphor:
Math is like a puzzle that never ends.

• simile
• metaphor

A monologue serves the purpose to express a character's mental thoughts aloud. 

• True
• False

What is an aside?

• a brief statement or speech that the audience can hear but characters cannot
• a long speech in which one character is alone on stage
• speech in which a word has a double meaning
• a long speech addressed to the other characters on stage

Allusion is defined as______

• Two lines that rhyme.
• A reference to a famous  person, place, or event
• A form of wordplay with similar sounding sounds
• Words that involve one of the five senses

Define the term, symbolism.

• Person, place, thing or event that stands for itself and for something beyond itself as well.
• a word used to describe the difference between what we expect and what actually happens.