Literary Devices

The attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience conveyed through word choice and the style of the writing

• tone

• mood

• theme

• irony

the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect

• mood

• tone

• irony

• hyperbole

a word that imitates that natural sound of the thing

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• personification

• flashback

when the plot or another character hint at what is to come later on in the story

• flashback

• symbolism

• foreshadowing

• author's purpose

 the overall feeling, or atmosphere, of a text often created by the author's use of imagery and word choice

The writer reveals information about a character's personality through his/her words, actions, and thoughts, along with other characters' responses to that character (what they say and think about the character

 tells the reader or viewer what the character is like directly

repetition of initial consonant sounds (at the beginning of each word the same letters usually repeat)

literature, historical event, or famous person

why the author is writing his/her story; the message he/she is trying to convey