Literary Devices (a.k.a. literary techniques) by E. Marino https://padlet.com/eamarino/48md9btnjtox Definitions and examples to refresh our memories and expand our literary vocabulary en-us 2017-09-08 13:17:01 UTC 2025-10-19 14:21:47 UTC hello@padlet.com Plot eamarino https://padlet.com/eamarino/48md9btnjtox/wish/186460522 Plot is the series of events in a story (also known as "storyline"). The sequence of that series of events is the plot.

Typically, an author develops a plot in such a way to pique the reader’s interest. 

]]> 2017-09-11 16:36:31 UTC https://padlet.com/eamarino/48md9btnjtox/wish/186460522 vcanelo6017 https://padlet.com/eamarino/48md9btnjtox/wish/186506476 2017-09-11 18:07:07 UTC https://padlet.com/eamarino/48md9btnjtox/wish/186506476 Simile lcollins5255 https://padlet.com/eamarino/48md9btnjtox/wish/186507231 Comparison between 2 objects using like, as, or than.]]> 2017-09-11 18:08:24 UTC https://padlet.com/eamarino/48md9btnjtox/wish/186507231 Foreshadow aclopton6343 https://padlet.com/eamarino/48md9btnjtox/wish/186507273 foreshadowing is a warning or an indication of a future event.



]]> 2017-09-11 18:08:27 UTC https://padlet.com/eamarino/48md9btnjtox/wish/186507273 Consonance DamarisAllen724 https://padlet.com/eamarino/48md9btnjtox/wish/186507401 Consonance is the repetitive sounds in a sentence or phrase that is created by consonants. 

This is not to be confused with alliteration. 

Examples: 
  • She ate seven sandwiches on a sunny Sunday last year.
]]> 2017-09-11 18:08:45 UTC https://padlet.com/eamarino/48md9btnjtox/wish/186507401 Tone jmelgoza2738 https://padlet.com/eamarino/48md9btnjtox/wish/186507439 An attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience. ]]> 2017-09-11 18:08:48 UTC https://padlet.com/eamarino/48md9btnjtox/wish/186507439 Metaphor broman1207 https://padlet.com/eamarino/48md9btnjtox/wish/186507488 - a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.

Example: “Henry was a lion on the battlefield”. This sentence suggests that Henry fought so bravely that he embodied personality traits that we attribute to the ferocious animal.]]> 2017-09-11 18:08:54 UTC https://padlet.com/eamarino/48md9btnjtox/wish/186507488 Theme rcoles7313 https://padlet.com/eamarino/48md9btnjtox/wish/186507944 2017-09-11 18:09:21 UTC https://padlet.com/eamarino/48md9btnjtox/wish/186507944 Climax teberhardt4467 https://padlet.com/eamarino/48md9btnjtox/wish/186508074 The rising point or most exciting part in a story.

]]> 2017-09-11 18:09:38 UTC https://padlet.com/eamarino/48md9btnjtox/wish/186508074 Dramatic Irony rcoles7313 https://padlet.com/eamarino/48md9btnjtox/wish/186508313 Irony that occurs when the meaning of the situation is understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play/story.]]> 2017-09-11 18:10:01 UTC https://padlet.com/eamarino/48md9btnjtox/wish/186508313 Hyperbole cmartinez7575 https://padlet.com/eamarino/48md9btnjtox/wish/186508354

]]> 2017-09-11 18:10:04 UTC https://padlet.com/eamarino/48md9btnjtox/wish/186508354 Assonance DamarisAllen724 https://padlet.com/eamarino/48md9btnjtox/wish/186508358 2017-09-11 18:10:05 UTC https://padlet.com/eamarino/48md9btnjtox/wish/186508358 setting vcanelo6017 https://padlet.com/eamarino/48md9btnjtox/wish/186508382 the environment/time of a story
EX:
"cozy waterfront cottage in a peaceful country setting"

]]> 2017-09-11 18:10:09 UTC https://padlet.com/eamarino/48md9btnjtox/wish/186508382 Irony lcollins5255 https://padlet.com/eamarino/48md9btnjtox/wish/186508393 2017-09-11 18:10:10 UTC https://padlet.com/eamarino/48md9btnjtox/wish/186508393 Imagery DamarisAllen724 https://padlet.com/eamarino/48md9btnjtox/wish/186508482 2017-09-11 18:10:18 UTC https://padlet.com/eamarino/48md9btnjtox/wish/186508482 Theme teberhardt4467 https://padlet.com/eamarino/48md9btnjtox/wish/186508507 2017-09-11 18:10:21 UTC https://padlet.com/eamarino/48md9btnjtox/wish/186508507 Allusion DamarisAllen724 https://padlet.com/eamarino/48md9btnjtox/wish/186508574 2017-09-11 18:10:29 UTC https://padlet.com/eamarino/48md9btnjtox/wish/186508574 Personification cmartinez7575 https://padlet.com/eamarino/48md9btnjtox/wish/186508644 a figure of speech in which a thing – an idea or an animal – is given human attributes]]> 2017-09-11 18:10:36 UTC https://padlet.com/eamarino/48md9btnjtox/wish/186508644 Diction DamarisAllen724 https://padlet.com/eamarino/48md9btnjtox/wish/186508676 2017-09-11 18:10:39 UTC https://padlet.com/eamarino/48md9btnjtox/wish/186508676 Satire lcollins5255 https://padlet.com/eamarino/48md9btnjtox/wish/186508684 The use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues.]]> 2017-09-11 18:10:40 UTC https://padlet.com/eamarino/48md9btnjtox/wish/186508684 Figure of speech rcoles7313 https://padlet.com/eamarino/48md9btnjtox/wish/186508743 2017-09-11 18:10:47 UTC https://padlet.com/eamarino/48md9btnjtox/wish/186508743 Symbolization teberhardt4467 https://padlet.com/eamarino/48md9btnjtox/wish/186508765 The act of symbolizing or standing for and or representing the manner of a symbol. Symbols could be items, people, or love.]]> 2017-09-11 18:10:49 UTC https://padlet.com/eamarino/48md9btnjtox/wish/186508765 Onomatopoeia DamarisAllen724 https://padlet.com/eamarino/48md9btnjtox/wish/186508861 A word that mimics the sound of the object it is describing. ]]> 2017-09-11 18:10:59 UTC https://padlet.com/eamarino/48md9btnjtox/wish/186508861 Flashback csalinas5673 https://padlet.com/eamarino/48md9btnjtox/wish/186509099 An interruption of the chronological sequence of an event of earlier occurrence.

Authors do this to provide background knowledge or context for current events. ]]> 2017-09-11 18:11:26 UTC https://padlet.com/eamarino/48md9btnjtox/wish/186509099 Epigraph teberhardt4467 https://padlet.com/eamarino/48md9btnjtox/wish/186509261 2017-09-11 18:11:43 UTC https://padlet.com/eamarino/48md9btnjtox/wish/186509261 Euphemism DamarisAllen724 https://padlet.com/eamarino/48md9btnjtox/wish/186509272 2017-09-11 18:11:44 UTC https://padlet.com/eamarino/48md9btnjtox/wish/186509272 Analogy DamarisAllen724 https://padlet.com/eamarino/48md9btnjtox/wish/186509552 2017-09-11 18:12:17 UTC https://padlet.com/eamarino/48md9btnjtox/wish/186509552 Metaphor cyoung3413 https://padlet.com/eamarino/48md9btnjtox/wish/186509700 A figure of speech that makes an implicit,implied, or hidden comparison between two things that are unrelated, but which share some common characteristics. ]]> 2017-09-11 18:12:33 UTC https://padlet.com/eamarino/48md9btnjtox/wish/186509700 Conflict DamarisAllen724 https://padlet.com/eamarino/48md9btnjtox/wish/186509728 2017-09-11 18:12:36 UTC https://padlet.com/eamarino/48md9btnjtox/wish/186509728 Protagonist rcoles7313 https://padlet.com/eamarino/48md9btnjtox/wish/186509746 The main figure or one of the most prominent figures in a situation that could be an advocate or hero of a particular cause or idea. ]]> 2017-09-11 18:12:37 UTC https://padlet.com/eamarino/48md9btnjtox/wish/186509746 Point - of -View teberhardt4467 https://padlet.com/eamarino/48md9btnjtox/wish/186509907 A specific manner or way of considering a problem. It is also the perspective in which the story is told. ( First, second, third person ( limited, omniscient ) )]]> 2017-09-11 18:12:52 UTC https://padlet.com/eamarino/48md9btnjtox/wish/186509907 Connotation DamarisAllen724 https://padlet.com/eamarino/48md9btnjtox/wish/186509963 2017-09-11 18:12:59 UTC https://padlet.com/eamarino/48md9btnjtox/wish/186509963 Allegory broman1207 https://padlet.com/eamarino/48md9btnjtox/wish/186510030 -a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one.
examples: Dr.Seuss had many examples of this.]]> 2017-09-11 18:13:05 UTC https://padlet.com/eamarino/48md9btnjtox/wish/186510030 Foil DamarisAllen724 https://padlet.com/eamarino/48md9btnjtox/wish/186510108 A character that displays qualities that contrasts a different character in order to highlight the traits of the other character.

Examples: ]]> 2017-09-11 18:13:15 UTC https://padlet.com/eamarino/48md9btnjtox/wish/186510108 Pun lcollins5255 https://padlet.com/eamarino/48md9btnjtox/wish/186510306 The use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues.]]> 2017-09-11 18:13:42 UTC https://padlet.com/eamarino/48md9btnjtox/wish/186510306 Stanza jmelgoza3261 https://padlet.com/eamarino/48md9btnjtox/wish/186511641 Four or more lines with a rhyming scheme, paragraphs in poetry. ]]> 2017-09-11 18:16:20 UTC https://padlet.com/eamarino/48md9btnjtox/wish/186511641 Denouement dpineda2303 https://padlet.com/eamarino/48md9btnjtox/wish/186513468 The final part of a play, movie, or narrative in which the strands of the plot are drawn together and matters are explained or resolved.

]]> 2017-09-11 18:20:05 UTC https://padlet.com/eamarino/48md9btnjtox/wish/186513468 Idiom ecollins1659 https://padlet.com/eamarino/48md9btnjtox/wish/186515622 a group of words established by usage as having a meaning not deducible from those of the individual words (e.g., rain cats and dogs, see the light ).

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