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ENG 4UI

Fiction

Narrative and Literary Terms


Learning Goal:
We will use resources to review and define narrative and literary terms to provide the foundation
for our study of literature.
A literary device (also known as a rhetorical device) is a technique that is used to create a
certain effect on a reader. Devices can be used to help achieve the writers purpose whether
to:
Emphasize

Create Suspense

Attention to Diction

Inform

Chastize

Etc.

Shock

Add Humour

The following is a list of common literary devices. Please define them. We will be discussing
literary devices in the works we study.
rhetorical question

rhyme

imagery

comparison / contrast

italics / underlining / quotation


marks

metaphor

factual information

idiom

humour

hyperbole

parenthetical insertion

irony
adage / aphorism
paradox

analogy

satire

simile
repetition
personal opinion

pun
alliteration

anecdote
illustration and example

motif

symbolism

unusual word order


euphemism
tone

allusion (Biblical,
mythological, historical,
literary)

The following is a list of common narrative elements. Please define them. We will be
discussing narrative elements in the works we study.

Theme

Plot Structure

Third person

Setting

Conflict

Limited Omniscient

Character (Static, Dynamic)

Narrative point of view:

Omniscient

Foil

First Person,

Narrative Techniques:

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Fiction

Foreshadowing

Flashback

Suspense

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