Literary Devices

What is this literary technique?:

Shows a characters traits through their actions, speech, thoughts, or appearance without stating them specifically.

• Developing the Setting

• Indirect Characterization

• Personification

• Direct Characterization

What is this literary device: Describing something with human characteristics that is not human

• Foreshadowing

• Personification

• Irony

• Romanticism

Direct or Indirect Characterization: He was mean and no one wanted anything to do with him.

• Direct

• Indirect

What is this Literary Technique?: Specifically tells to establish a character's personality, actions, and thoughts.

• Indirect Characterization

• Punctuation

• 3rd Person Narrative

• Direct Characterization

What is the literary device that hints at future events in a story.

• Foreshadowing
• Symbolism
• Imagery
• Allegory

A story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one.

• Personification

• Sentence Structure

• Allegory

• Hyperbole