LITERARY DEVICES

5. The combination of two words with contradictory meanings.
6. The use of words that exaggerate and overemphasizes to create a more noticeable effect.
7. One unit or group of lines, which forms one particular faction in poetry.
9. Series of unfortunate events by which one or more of the literary characters in the story undergo several misfortunes.
10. The perspective or attitude that the author adopts with regards to a specific character, place or development.
13. When the author uses words and phrases to create “mental images” for the reader.
14. The practice of attaching human traits and characteristics with inanimate objects, phenomena and animals.
16. When the author refers to a subject matter such as a place, event, or literary work by way of a passing reference.
17. Any element, subject, idea or concept that is constantly present through the entire body of literature.
19. The use of words that mimic the sound they describe.

1. Establish a relationship based on similarities between two concepts or ideas.
2. The kind of society being presented in The Giver.
3. When the author makes the readers uncertain or tense about the plot.
4. The use of hints or clues in a narrative to suggest future action.
8. When the author places a person, concept, place, idea or theme parallel to another.
11. Comparatively milder or less abrasive form of a negative description instead of its original.
12. Where words are used in quick succession and begin with letters belonging to the same sound group.
15. When the author depicts the occurrence of specific events to the reader, which have taken place before the present time the narration is following, or events that have happened before the events that are currently unfolding in the story.
18. The sequence of events and happenings that make up a story.