Lit Devices #2

A love story between two characters who feature in a story actually about a massive war between feuding kingdoms

• Dramatic Irony

• Subplot

• Plot

• Narrator

a character in a play having more lines than the others because they are the most important

• Character Rank

• Character Motive

• Protagonist

• Antagonist

the reasons for or explanation of why a character does something

• Character Motive

• Character Rank

• Subplot

• Irony

"Hi, how are you?"

"I'm good. Thank you. How about yourself?"

"I'm doing well."

• Suspense

• Character Rank

• Imagery

• Dialogue

The feeling built by all the clues to a big reveal before it happens

• Irony

• Imagery

• Character Motive

• Suspense

clues, moments, or events that hint at what will happen later in the story

• Dialogue

• Comic Relief

• Foreshadow

• Theme

An example of this literary term would be "A novel where two brothers go to war over who should be the next ruler of their kingdom."

• Direct Characterization

• Subplot

• Plot

• Tragedy

A big storm leaving the main characters in a story stranded on an abandoned island

• External Conflict

• Internal Conflict

• Indirect Characterization

• Direct Characterization

A main character having to overcome their fears to save their best friend

• External Conflict

• Internal Conflict

• Direct Characterization

• Indirect Characterization

When we learn about a character through an exact description of who they are

• Round Character

• Indirect Characterization

• Direct Characterization

• Flat Character