Literary Devices Practice

A reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art

• Allusion

• Alliteration

• Characterization

• Flashback

A scene in a movie, novel, etc. set in a time earlier than the main story

• Alliteration

• Allusion

• Characterization

• Flashback

The repetition of similar sounds at the beginning of a word

• Alliteration

• Allusion

• Characterization

• Flashback

The way an author presents characters' traits by either telling the reader about the trait or showing the reader examples of the trait

• Alliteration

• Allusion

• Characterization

• Flashback

A situation where the opposite of what is expected to occur or exist does occur or exist

• Foreshadowing

• Hyperbole

• Imagery

• Irony

Description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste)

• Foreshadowing

• Hyperbole

• Imagery

• Irony

The use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in a plot

• Foreshadowing

• Hyperbole

• Imagery

• Irony

The use of extreme exaggeration

• Foreshadowing

• Hyperbole

• Imagery

• Irony

A word that imitates the sound it represents

• Metaphor

• Mood

• Onomatopoeia

• Oxymoron

The feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader

• Metaphor

• Mood

• Onomatopoeia

• Oxymoron