Literary Devices pt. 2

an indirect reference to a well-known story or person or event

• Alliteration

• Allusion

• Metaphor

• Imagery

one who is against the main character; an enemy

• Imagery

• Protagonist

• Antagonist

• Allusion

figurative language that uses vivid language to help the reader imagine the scene; appeals to the 5 senses

• Imagery

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

the main character of a story

• Antagonist

• Personification

• Character

• Protagonist

comparing two unlike things without using like or as

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Chocolate is Kim's kryptonite.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Allusion

• Reference

Scar is an example of

• Protagonist

• Allusion

• Antagonist

• Imagery

As the sun set, the orange and pink rays gleamed across the sky, and the soft summer evening heat lulled me to sleep.

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Imagery

Harry Potter is an example of. . .

• Protagonist

• Antagonist

• Alliteration

• Symbolism

Her heart was stone, and she did not listen to him.

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Personification