Literary Devices

The repetition of initial consonant sounds in 2 or more neighboring words or syllables.

• Alliteration

• Epilogue

• Oxymoron

• Theme

An expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.

• Mood

• Connotation

• Allusion

• Personification

A comparison between two things, typically for the purpose of explanation or clarification.

• Point of view

• Irony

• Alliteration

• Analogy

An idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.

• Theme

• Connotation

• Denotation

• Epilogue

The literal or primary meaning of a word.

• Mood

• Denotation

• Flashback

• Foil

A section or speech at the end of a book or play that serves as a comment on or a conclusion to what has happened.

• Foil

• Allusion

• Hyperbole

• Epilogue

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

• Irony

• Mood

• Metaphor

• Flashback

To prevent from succeeding.

• Denotation

• Foil

• Simile

• Onomatopoeia

A hint of what is to come later in the story.

• Foreshadowing

• Alliteration

• Irony

• Tone

Extreme exaggeration.

• Imagery

• Analogy

• Tone

• Hyperbole