Literary Devices

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

• Foreshadowing

• Tone

• Mood

• Setting

The author's attitude toward the subject

• Foreshadowing

• Tone

• Mood

• Setting

Atmosphere; feeling created in the reader by a literary work or passage

• Foreshadowing

• Tone

• Mood

• Setting

Where and when the story takes place

• Foreshadowing

• Tone

• Mood

• Setting

A word or group of words in a literary work which appeal to one or more of the senses: sight, taste, touch, hearing, and smell.

• Imagery

• Tone

• Mood

• Setting

Repetition of initial consonant sounds

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Metaphor

An extreme exaggeration

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Metaphor

Comparison using "like" or "as"

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Metaphor

A figure of speech comparing two unlike things without using like or as

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Metaphor

A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes

• Alliteration

• Personification

• Figurative Language

• Metaphor