Literary devices vocab

Novel

a fictitious narrative of considerable length

memoir

a record of events written by having intimate knowledge

Autobiography

the history of someone’s life written by that person

Coming of age novel 

a story about the growth and development of a young character 

Bildungsroman

a type of novel concerned with the eduactional development and maturing of a young character

Vignettes

a writing that catches a period of time

Diction

style of speaking or writing (dependent on choice of words)

syntax 

the study if the rules and patterns of which sentences and phrases are formed 

style

the way something is written

dialogue

conversation between 2 or more people

monologue

a prolonged speech done by one person

rhyme

verse or poetry having similar words sound the same

symbols 

something representing something else 

foreshadowing

an indication of something that will happen in the future

simile

a comparison using like or as

metaphor

a comparison not using like or as

personification

the attribution of human characteristics to a non living/ human things

imagery 

the formation of mental images 

inverted word order

words being mixed up and not making sense 

dialect

a way of speaking (accent, choice of words)

colloquialisms

characteristics of appropriate, ordinary or familiar conversation