Types of Literary Devices

An ______ is a comparison that explains how two dissimilar things are similar in some ways, usually with the purpose of explaining complex ideas.

An ______ is a reference to a person, place, thing, concept, or other literary work that a reader is likely to recognize.

An ______ is usually a short narrative of an interesting, amusing, or biographical incident.

______ license refers to deviation from fact or form for artistic purposes.

A ______ in literature is an instance that takes place before the story begins that interrupts the chronological order of the plot in order to provide context or information that is integral to the text.

______ refers to writing that invokes the reader's senses with descriptive word choice to create a more vivid and realistic recreation of the scene.

Medis Res is the practice of beginning an epic or other narrative by plunging into a crucial ______

______ is the use of literary devices such as humor, exaggeration or irony to educationally criticize someone or something

______ refers to a speech or address to a person who is not present or to a personified object

A ______ is the major unit of division in epics or other long narrative poems

______ refers to the rhythmic flow or sequence of sound in language, particularly the rising and falling of a voice

The ______ is a form of poetry in which the poet or speaker expresses grief, sadness, or loss