A perception of inconsistency, sometimes humor in which a statement or event is changed by its context.

the position or viewpoint by which the story is told to the reader.

Characterization is a literary device that is used step-by-step in literature to highlight and explain the details about a character in a story. It is in the initial stage in which the writer introduces the character with noticeable emergence.

When or where the story takes place

Is when we expect one thing to happen and another does.

A first-person narrative is a mode of storytelling or a peripheral narrator in which a storyteller recounts events from their own point of view using the first person i.e. "I" or "we", etc.

is a figure of speech that directly compares one thing to another for rhetorical effect. ex: raining cats and dogs

the use of details for any, some, or all of the senses.

A discrepancy between what is said and what is really meant; sarcasm.

Second person point of view uses the pronoun “you” to address the reader. This narrative voice implies that the reader is either the protagonist or a character in the story and the events are happening to them.

Literary realism is a literary movement that represents reality by portraying mundane, everyday experiences as they are in real life.

The way an author chooses and uses words, phrases, and sentences to tell a story.

An emphasis on the man is a prisoner of instinct, environment, and heredity of animals.

Focussing a third-person narration through the eyes of a single character.

Impressionistic writing is a style that relies on abstract associations, the subjective point of view of the characters, and the rendering of sensory details to relay the “impression” of a person or event. The impressionistic style of writing leaves the reader to determine the author's ultimate meaning.

a figure of speech in which an object, abstract idea, or animal is given human-like characteristics.

Is when we have more information about the circumstances than a character. Ex. When you know a trap has been set and watch someone walk into it.

An omniscient narrator is all-seeing and all-knowing.

A simile is a figure of speech and type of metaphor that compares two different things using the words “like” or “as.” ex: She is as innocent as an angel

In literature, symbols are often characters, settings, images, or other motifs that stand in for bigger ideas. Authors often use symbols (or “symbolism”) to give their work more meaning and to make a story be about more than the events it describes.