Literary Devices

4. An interruption of a work's chronology to describe an incident that occurred in the past
6. A figure of speech involving exaggeration
7. Author uses words and phrases to create “mental images” for the reader
8. A comparison between things without using the words "like" or "as"
9. Giving human characteristics to non-human characters
13. A brief reference to a person, place, event, or another literary work. Most commonly refers to the Bible or to mythology
14. The conversation between characters in a literary work

1. A comparison between things using the words "like" or "as"
2. The use of specific objects or images to represent abstract ideas
3. The repetition of initial sounds in successive or neighboring words
5. Learn about characters indirectly through their thoughts and actions/The narrator tells us what we need to know about a character
10. The use of words to imitate the sounds the describe
11. The use of indicative words and phrases that gives the reader a hint of something that is going to happen
12. Something happens that is the opposite of what is expected