Literary device

Question 1

Aphorism

Answer 1

catch phrase containing general truth in witty manner.

Question 2

Checkhov’s gun

Answer 2

unimportant element that becomes significant later

Question 3

Cliffhanger

Answer 3

story ends unresolved, to return to the story in the next installment

Question 4

Defamiliarization

Answer 4

Taking something familiar and making it seem utterly unfamiliar and strange

Question 5

Dramatic

Answer 5

substitution for reality that the audience accepts as real although they know them to be false.

Question 6

Epiphany

Answer 6

character is suddenly struck with a life-changing realization which changes the rest of the story.

Question 7

Flashback

Answer 7

take the reader out of the present story and jump into an earlier time period

Question 8

Flashforward

Answer 8

action jumps ahead to the future of the narrative.

Question 9

Foreshadowing

Answer 9

give an hint of what is to coming in the story.

Question 10

Juxtaposition

Answer 10

placing two things side by side so as to highlight their differences.

Question 11

Paradox

Answer 11

a contradiction that resolves to reveal a deeper meaning behind a contradiction.

Question 12

Parody

Answer 12

mimics the style of another work, in an exaggerated way, usually for comic effect.

Question 13

Poetic License

Answer 13

describe intentional departure from traditional structures of language when writing

Question 14

Stream of consciousness

Answer 14

narrative style that capture a character’s thought in a realistic way.

Question 15

Symbolism

Answer 15

the idea that things represent other things.

Question 16

Tickling clock

Answer 16

plot device that put a time limit on your protagonist as she works to resolve a conflict

Question 17

Visualization

Answer 17

Imagery helps the reader to visualize and therein more realistically experience the author’s writings.