Literary Devices - Set 2

a type of figurative language that makes a comparison between two or more things that are similar in some ways but otherwise different

• analogy

• anecdote

• antatgonist

• connotation

a brief story about an interesting, humorous, or strange event

• analogy

• anecdote

• antagonist

• connotation

a character or force in conflict with a main character

• analogy

• anecdote

• antagonist

• connotation

the author shows the reader what a character is like through their relationships, actions, words, etc.; the reader makes conclusions about the character based on this

• indirect characterization

• direct characterization

• internal conflict

• dynamic character

The author tells the reader what the character is like through character traits

• indirect chracterization

• direct characterization

• internal conflict

• dynamic character

the turning point in a story; the moment of greatest tension in a story

• connotation

• denotation

• climax

• dialogue

a character struggles with oneself; the character struggles to make a decision, take an action, or overcome a feeling

• indirect chracterization

• direct characterization

• external conflict

• internal conflict

character struggles with an outside force (another character, nature, society, fate, etc.)

• external conflict

• internal conflict

• indirect charcterization

• direct characterization

a set of ideas/emotions attached to a word

• denotation

• connotation

• diaglogue

• conflict

the dictionary definition of a word, independent of any other associations

• denotation

• connotation

• diction

• dialect