Literary Devices Pre-Assessment 24-25

a very typical example of a certain person or thing; an original that has been imitated; a recurrent motif in art, literature, or mythology

• archetype
• allusion
• antagonist
• diction
• dramatic irony

a phrase which is contrary to reality; when someone says something that is the exact opposite of what is meant

• verbal irony
• allusion
• antagonist
• archetype
• diction

a warning or indication of a future event

• foreshadowing
• allusion
• antagonist
• archetype
• diction

an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference to something well known in history, art, literature, etc.

• allusion
• antagonist
• archetype
• diction
• dramatic irony

the stylistic means by which an author conveys his/her attitude(s) in a work of literature

• tone
• allusion
• antagonist
• archetype
• diction

a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid, which uses like or as

• simile
• allusion
• antagonist
• diction
• dramatic irony

a distinctive feature or dominant idea in an artistic or literary composition; a repeated symbol

• motif
• allusion
• antagonist
• diction
• dramatic irony

a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable; a comparison of two unlike things which does not use like or as

• metaphor
• allusion
• antagonist
• diction
• dramatic irony

descriptive figurative language which creates a picture for the reader and uses the five senses of sight, sound, touch, taste, and smell

• imagery
• allusion
• antagonist
• diction
• dramatic irony

a literary technique, originally used in Greek tragedy, by which the full significance of a character's words or actions are clear to the audience or reader although unknown to the character

• dramatic irony
• allusion
• antagonist
• diction
• extended metaphor