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Literary Devices (elements and Techniques) of fiction

Literary Devices (elements and Techniques) of fiction. Review: Literary Devices of Fiction. ELEMENTS Setting Mood Plot Symbolism Flashback Foreshadowing. TECHNIQUES Allusion Figurative Language Simile Metaphor Imagery Alliteration Personification Onomatopoeia Hyperbole Idiom

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Literary Devices (elements and Techniques) of fiction

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  1. Literary Devices (elements and Techniques) of fiction

  2. Review: Literary Devices of Fiction ELEMENTS • Setting • Mood • Plot • Symbolism • Flashback • Foreshadowing TECHNIQUES • Allusion • Figurative Language • Simile • Metaphor • Imagery • Alliteration • Personification • Onomatopoeia • Hyperbole • Idiom • Dialogue Literary device: A specific convention or structure that is employed by the author to produce a given effect, such as imagery, irony, or foreshadowing. Literary devices are important aspect’s of an author’s style.

  3. Setting (element) • The setting of a story is the time and place in which it occurs. • Elements of setting may include the physical, psychological, cultural, or historical background against which the story takes place.

  4. Sensory Details (techniques) • Sensory details are details in writing that describe what is seen, heard, smelled, tasted, or touched. • Writers often use sensory details to enhance the mood and theme in writing.

  5. Mood (element) • The mood of a story is the atmosphere or feeling created by the writer and expressed through setting.

  6. Plot (element) • Plot is the basic sequence of events in a story. In conventional stories, plot has three main parts: rising action, climax, and falling action.

  7. Symbolism (element) • The use of specific objects or images to represent an abstract idea. • The symbol will be something concrete, while the idea represented will be abstract. What does this symbol represent?

  8. Flashback (technique) • A flashback is a literary device by which a work presents material that occurred prior to the opening scene. • Various methods may be used such as recollections of characters, narration by the characters, dream sequences, and reveries.

  9. Foreshadowing (technique) • Foreshadowing is the presentation of material in a work in such a way that later events are prepared for. The purpose of foreshadowing is to prepare the reader or viewer for action to come. • Foreshadowing can result from • the establishment of a mood or atmosphere, • an event that adumbrates the later action, • the appearance of physical objects or facts, or • the revelation of a fundamental and decisive character trait.

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