Literary Devices

the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words.

• alliteration

• climax

• irony

• metaphor

a brief reference to a person, event, or place in history, or to a work of art/literature.

• allusion

• hyperbole

• narrator

• plot

a comparison made between two items, situations, or ideas that are somewhat alike but unlike in most respects.

• analogy

• theme

• symbolism

• pun

a character in a story or play who opposes the chief character or protagonist.

• antagonist

• personification

• connotation

• narrator

the mood/feeling of the literary work created for the reader by the writer.

• atmosphere

• implicit

• connotation

• climax

a main point communicated and developed in/by the text

• central idea

• point of view

• figurative language

• epiphany

an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (described as a round/flat, protagonist/antagonist, etc.)

• character

• simile

• mood

• stereotype

the creation or construction of a fictional character.

• characterization

• rhetorical questions

• onomatopoeia

• imagery

The high point or most intense point in a story

• climax

• rhyme

• setting

• diction

in a story, the tension between two opposing forces; a problem to be solved, obstacle to be overcome, an enemy to be defeated, or a choice or decision to be made

• conflict

• pun

• protagonist

• dialogue