Literary Terms/Devices Flashcards
“to represent, indicate, or typify beforehand”
foreshadown
“language used by poets, novelists and other writers to create images in the mind of the reader”
imagery
“an interruption in the continuity of a story … by the narration or portrayal of some earlier episode”
flashback
“a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as”
similie
“a device in which a hissing “s” sound is created as a result of using repeated soft consonants
sibilant alliteration
“the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables”
alliteration
“a consonant sound, such as English f …
produced by bringing the mouth into position to block the passage of the airstream, but not making complete closure, so that air moving through the
mouth generates audible friction”
fricative alliteration
“the use of symbols … to represent something”
symbolism
“the repeating of a word or phrase… to add emphasis and
stress”
repitition
