Literary+Devices

__**Literary Devices**__

Plot - is the struggle found in fiction Introduction - Rising Action - the main conflict in the story Climax - highest point of action Conclusion - the end results Character Types - Round, Dynamic, Flat, Static flat round static dynamic irony -an implied discrepancy between what is said and what is meant theme - is the general idea or insight about life that a writer wishes to express protagonist - main character antagonist - enemy of the protagonist, 2nd main character. personification - is giving human qualities to animals or objects. metaphor - the comparison of two unlike things simile - is the comparison of two unlike things using like or as Allusion - a brief reference to a person, event, or place, real or ficticious, or to a work of art Oxymoron - is putting two contradictory words together Symbol - using an object or action that means something more than its literal meaning Euphemism - the substitution of an agreeable or less offensive expression in place of one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant to the listener satire - literary term used to ridicule or make fun of human vice or weakness, often with the intent of correcting, or changing, the subject of the satiric attack.