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Literary Devices
1. Metaphor - comparison without 'as' and 'like'.
2. Metonymy - figure of speech substituting the name of a related object, person or idea for the subject.
3. Mood - feeling or atmosphere, that is created for the reader by the writer. Connotative words, sensory images and figurative language contribute to the mood of a selection.
4. Motif - unifying element in an artistic work, especially any recurrent image, symbol, theme, character type, subject or narrative details.
5. Oxymoron - figure of speech where two contrasting/contradicting words are used together giving the effect of a condensed paradox.
6. Paradox - situation with obvious contradictions and is nevertheless true.
7. Parallelism - use of similar grammatical form giving items equal weight. It makes spoken and written expressions more concise, clear and powerful.
8. Parody - imitation of a serious work for criticism, or humor or for flattering tribute.
9. Personification - human qualities or attributes given to an animal, object or concept.
10. Plot - the plan of action or sequence of events of the story.
11. Protagonist - central character of the story.
12. Pun - a form of wit, not necessary funny, involves words with two or more meaning.
13. Resolution - final unwinding or resolving of the conflicts and complications in the plot.
14. Rhyme scheme - pattern of ending rhyme in a poem.
15. Rising action - part of the plot leading to a series of events of increasing interest and power to the climax or turning point.
16. Setting - time and place of action in a story.
17. Simile - comparison with 'as', 'like', 'than', 'similar to', 'resembles' or 'seems'.
18. Soliloquy - character of a play, alone on stage, speaking his/her thought aloud.
19. Stream of of Consciousness - flow of thoughts, responses and sensations of one or more character.
20. Syllogism - logical argument based on deductive reasoning.
21. Synecdoche -figure of speech which is part of something that stands for he whole thing.
22. Syntax - sentence structure.
23. Theme - central idea of a literary work. Ideas are revealed by events of the story.
24. Tone - Writer's or speaker's attitude towards a subject.
25. Understatement - type of a verbal irony, where something is purposely represented as being far less important than actually is, also called meiosis.
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