Review: Literary Devices

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Extreme exaggeration

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Hyperbole

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Use of hints to suggest future plot events.

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Foreshadowing

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Central idea of literature

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Theme

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Visually descriptive or figurative language in literature.

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Imagery

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A scene in a movie or novel set earlier than the main story.

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Flashback

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Method to reveal characters' traits.

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Characterization

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Reference to another work, person, or event

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Allusion

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Perspective from which a story is told

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Point of View

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Comparison without using like or as

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Metaphor

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Occurrence of the same letter/sound at the start of closely connected words.

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Alliteration