Vocabulary #8 Literary Devices

Front

Warning or hint of a future event.

Back

foreshadowing

Front

Figure of speech comparing two things using 'like' or 'as'

Back

simile

Front

Figure of speech comparing two things, one IS the other

Back

metaphor

Front

A scene set earlier than the main story

Back

flashback

Front

General atmosphere evoked in the reader.

Back

mood

Front

Use of symbols/objects to represent bigger ideas

Back

symbolism

Front

Qualities of a person given to an object

Back

personification

Front

Same consonant at the start of closely connected words

Back

alliteration

Front

Formation of a word from a sound

Back

onomatopoeia

Front

Exaggerated statement not meant literally

Back

hyperbole