Literary DevicesBy Gelo Iverson

LITERARY DEVICES

1. Flashback A literary device that returns into an opening scene of a work.

Returning to the past

2. Foreshadowing A tool to make suspense scenes

Makes the reader a little tense

3. Dialogue A conversation between two characters in the story

Has quotation marks (“ “)

4. Suspense A quality of a literary work that makes the reader tense

Usually in horror movies/thrillers

5. Imagery Quality of a work that makes the reader use his/her senses

Use of words

6. Poetic Justice Ironically “getting he/she deserved” at the end

7. Cliffhanger Story ends unresolved

8. Deus ex Machina Solving the problem of the story unrelated to the story

They solve the problem themselves

9. In Medias Res Story begins at the middle of the plot

10. Ticking Clock Scenario Sometimes used in action movies

Usually used in bomb scenes (they have to escape)

11. Bildungsroman Kind of novel in which the young protagonist will grow up

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