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The use of hints or clues to suggest what will happen later in the story.
Symbolism
Foreshadowing
Dramatic Irony
Euphemism
When the author shows/tells the audience what the personality of the character is.
Characterization
Personification
Idiom
Allusion
A reference within a work to something famous outside it, such as a well-known person, place, event, story, or work of art, literature, music, pop culture.
Mood
Theme
Personification
Allusion
The climate of feeling in a literary work; a feeling that a literary work conveys to readers revealed through diction, setting, and character actions.
Mood
Conflict
Onomatopoeia
Simile
When the reader knows something the characters do not.
Characterization
Dramatic Irony
Foreshadowing
Allusion
The main idea or underlying meaning of a literary work.
Theme
Symbolism
Connotation
Metaphor
A person, place, object, or action that stands for something beyond itself.
Mood
Symbolism
Diction
Imagery
The giving of human qualities to an animal or object.
Hyperbole
Simile
Euphemism
Personification
The implied or emotional response of a word.
Metaphor
Diction
Alliteration
Connotation
When something happens that the reader wouldn’t have expected to happen.
Situational Irony
Allusion
Theme
Imagery
A comparison between two things that have something in common without using like or as.
Simile
Diction
Idiom
Metaphor
Words and phrases that appeal to readers five senses.
Imagery
Onomatopoeia
Conflict
Simile
A comparison of two things that have some quality in common; includes like or as.
Hyperbole
Symbolism
Theme
Simile
A gross exaggeration; describing a situation or event by making it more than it really is; used to evoke feelings or make a point.
Hyperbole
Allusion
Dramatic Irony
Mood
The choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing.
Alliteration
Diction
Metaphor
Simile
The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words (tongue twisters).
Connotation
Denotation
Alliteration
Onomatopoeia
A mild or pleasant word that is substituted for one that is too harsh or blunt.
Foreshadowing
Allusion
Euphemism
Imagery
A whole phrase with an implied alternate meaning.
Idiom
Personification
Theme
Diction
Problem in any piece of literature.
Symbolism
Imagery
Hyperbole
Conflict
The use of words whose sound suggest their meaning (ex. buzz, hiss, pop).
Onomatopoeia
Connotation
Metaphor
Characterization