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Literary Techniques Devices
Literary Techniques Devices
Definitions provided by Elements of Literature, Second Course. Holt, Rhinehart & Winston, 2003.
Literary Devices and Terms
• Point of view
• Setting
• Character/Characterization
• Theme
• Plot
• Conflict
Point of View
beginning end
Exposition: the start of the story, •Resolution is the conclusion of
the situation before the action starts the action when everything comes
together.
Literary Techniques
• Literary techniques are used to
produce a specific effect on the
reader.
• Authors often use a variety of
techniques throughout a piece of
literature.
Alliteration
• Alliteration is the repetition of
consonant sounds generally at the
beginning of words, or, within
neighboring words in a sentence.
• Alliteration is used to create a melody
or mood, call attention to specific
words, point out similarities and
contrasts.
Alliteration
• Examples:
Peter Piper picked a peck of
pickled peppers.
Wide-eyed and wondering while
we wait for others to waken.
Allusion
• A reference to a statement, a
person, a place, or an event from
literature, the arts, history,
religion, mythology, politics,
sports or science.
• Author’s expect a reader to
understand the allusion, think
about the allusion and the
literature to make connections.
Connotation
• A meaning, association, or emotion
suggested by a word, in addition to
its dictionary definition, or
denotation.
• Example: Reference to a character as
determined has a positive
connotation while using pigheaded to
refer to a character carries a
negative connotation.
Dialogue
• Dialogue is conversation
between two or more
characters.
• Dialogue is when a character
speaks to another character.
• Dialogue is conversation.
Dialogue
• Dialogue can include when a
character speaks out loud to an
animal, an inanimate object or
him or herself.
• Dialogue can be used to explain
something to the
reader/audience.
Dialect
• Dialect is the way of speaking
that is characteristic (specific
to) of a certain geographical area
or a certain group of people.
• Commonly brought to mind to
New Yorkers are the Bostonian
Dialect and the Southern Dialect.
Figurative Language
• Hyperbole is an exaggerated
statement.
• Hyperbole is used to emphasize a
point.
• Examples:
She’s said so on several million
occasions.
It must’ve weighed a ton.
Idiom
(Figurative Language)