Literary Devices Final Review

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Giving non-human things human traits

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personification

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Introductory section providing background for a play or novel

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prologue

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Repetition of initial consonant sounds in poetry

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alliteration

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Feeling created for the reader in a literary work

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mood

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Humorous play on words: "That dreamers often lie."

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pun

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Comparison of two unlike things without "like" or "as"

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metaphor

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Reference to a well-known person, place, event, or literary work in another work

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allusion

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Use of clues hinting at future events in a story

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foreshadowing

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Talking to oneself or a monologue

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soliloquy

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Comparison of unlike things using 'like' or 'as'

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simile