THE RIVER AND THE SOURCE - FUNCTION OF LITERARY DEVICES

·         Literary devices that have been used to reveal the source of conflicts. Examples:

•        Flashback

•        Chronicles

•        Propaganda

•        Innuendo

•        Backstory

•        Authorial intrusion

•        Foreshadowing

•        Apostrophe

•        Dialogue

•        Literary devices that reveal the inner conflicts within a character. Examples:

•        Apostrophe

•        Dialogue

•        Interior monologue

•        Soliloquy

•        Nostalgia

•        Dream vision

•        Catastrophe

•        Literary devices that reveal the tone and mood of the story. Examples:

•        Nostalgia

•        Premonition

•        Verisimilitude

•        Thematic patterning

•        Suspense

•        Climax

•        Dialogue

•        Monologue

•        Interior monologue

•        Soliloquy

•        Diatribe

•        Catastrophe

•        Tragedy

•        Songs

•        Apostrophe

•        Authorial intrusion

•        Humour

•        Comic relief

•        Poetic justice

•        Emotive language

•        Diction

•        Circular argument

•        Literary devices that have helped to reveal the climax of the story. Examples:

•        Premonition

•        Dream vision

•        Climax

•        Diatribe

•        Dialogue

•        Propaganda

•        Tragic flaw

•        Plot twist

•        Suspense

•        Foreshadowing

•        Flash forward

•        Literary devices that reveal directly or indirectly a character’s weaknesses and strengths. Examples:

•        Sarcasm

•        Satire

•        Fatal flaw

•        Hubris

•        Flashback

•        Dialogue

•        Monologue

•        Poetic justice

•        Direct address

•        Symbolism

•        Ad hominem

•        Vivid description

•        Adage

•        Proverbs

•        Biography

•        Similes

•        Literary devices that reveal directly or indirectly the setting of the novel. Examples:

•        Dialect

•        Dialogue

•        Foreshadowing

•        Flashback

•        Biography

•        Chronicles

•        Oral traditions

•        Story within a story

•        Authorial intrusion

•        Vivid description

•        Literary devices that reveal the plot of the novel. Examples:

•        Plot twist

•        Flashback 

•        Deus ex machine

•        Foreshadowing

•        Dialogue

•        Climax

•        Anti-climax

•        Authorial intrusion

•        Suspense

•        Flash forward

•        Literary devices that reveal the resolution of the novel. Examples:

•        Authorial intrusion

•        Foreshadowing

•        Proverbs

•        Flash forward

•        Poetic justice

•        Dialogue

•        Suspense

•        Premonition

•        Catastrophe

•        Epistolary

•        Self-fulfilling prophecy

•        Anti-climax

•        Suspension of disbelief

•        Adage

•        Dream vision

•        Literary devices that directly or indirectly reveal the themes of the novel. Examples:

•        Dialogue

•        Monologue

•        Premonition

•        Flashback

•        Foreshadowing

•        Poetic justice

•        Chronicles

•        Allusion

•        Epistolary

•        Songs

•        Dream vision

•        Catastrophe

•        Tragedy

•        Propaganda

•        Diatribe

•        Oral traditions

•        Story within a story

•        Historic recurrence

•        Apostrophe

•        Biblical allusion

•        Biography

•        Motif

•        Authorial intrusion

•        Backstory

•        Innuendo

•        Interior monologue

•        Hubris

•        Tragic flaw

•        Literary devices that give moral lessons. Examples:

•        Proverbs

•        Adage

•        Poetic justice

•        Catastrophe

•        Biblical allusion

•        Recognition

•        Biography

•        Hubris

•        Fatal flaw

•        Aphorism

•        Satire

•        Literary devices that create visual representation of actions, events, places, characters, ideas etc. Examples:

•        Vivid description

•        Imagery

•        Simile

•        Dream vision

•        Nostalgia

•        Allusion

•        Metaphor

•        Chronology of events

•        Personification

•        Historic recurrence

•        Literary devices that help relieve tension in the novel. Examples:

•        Comic relief

•        Humour

•        Songs

•        Sarcasm

•        Nostalgia

•        Story within a story

•        Literary devices that show similarity or comparison of objects, places, characters, ideas, events etc. Examples:

•        Similes

•        Metaphor

•        Foil character

•        Historic recurrence

•        Symbolism

•        Zoomorphism

•        Allusion

•        Juxtaposition

•        Personification

•        Analogy

•        Literary devices that show the structure of the novel. Examples:

•        Aposiopesis

•        Repetition

•        Dialect

•        Asyndeton

•        Polysyndeton

•        Parenthesis

•        Onomatopoeia

•        Literary devices that give reference to events, places, characters etc. Examples:

•        Biography

•        Allusion

•        Flashback

•        Backstory

•        Dialogue

•        Epistolary

•        Chronicles

•        Oral traditions

•        Story within a story

•        Literary devices that give background information on historical events. Examples:

•        Allusion

•        Chronicles

•        Biography

•        Flashback

•        Nostalgia

•        Historic recurrence

•        Oral traditions

•        Dialogue

•        Backstory

•        Songs

•        Authorial intrusion

•        Literary devices that reveal deeper meaning of an object, place, idea, action, event or character. Examples:

•        Symbolism

•        Imagery

•        Metaphor

•        Allusion

•        Dream vision

•        Catastrophe

•        Situational irony

•        Proverb

•        Adage

•        Literary devices that reveal the thoughts of a character. Examples:

•        Monologue

•        Interior monologue

•        Soliloquy

•        Apostrophe

Authorial intrusion

•        Nostalgia

•        Epiphany

•        Literary devices that directly reveal the qualities of a character. Examples:

•        Dialogue

•        Authorial intrusion

•        Sarcasm

•        Vivid description

•        Diatribe

•        Direct address

•        Literary devices that indirectly reveal the qualities of a character. Examples:

•        Dialogue

•        Interior monologue

•        Irony

•        Diatribe

•        Direct address

•        Hubris

•        Fatal flaw

•        Poetic justice

•        Sarcasm

•        Proverbs

•        Authorial intrusion

•        Humour

•        Literary devices that substitute harsh phrases with gentle phrases. Examples:

•        Idiomatic expressions

•        Euphemism

•        Slang

•        Literary devices that appeal to readers with religious background. Examples:

•        Biblical allusion

•        Songs

•        Story within a story

•        Symbolism

•        Literary devices that help change the opinion of readers or characters in the story. Examples:

•        Epiphany

•        Recognition

•        Authorial intrusion

•        Adage

•        Proverb

•        Rhetorical question

•        Sarcasm

•        Premonition

•        Propaganda

•        Innuendo

•        Diatribe

•        Irony

•        Suspense

•        Historic recurrence

•        Suspension of disbelief

•        Self – fulfilling prophecy

•        Literary devices that reveal the culture and traditions of the society in the novel. Examples:

•        Dialogue

•        Oral traditions

•        Story within a story

•        Charactonym

•        Symbolism

•        Adage

•        Allusion

•        Flashback

•        Literary devices that entertains the reader. Examples:

•        Songs

•        Humour

•        Comic relief

•        Story within a story

•        Oral traditions

•        Literary devices that grab the attention of the reader. Examples:

•        Humour

•        Comic relief

•        Repetition

•        Story within a story

•        Aposiopesis

•        Slang

•        Dialect

•        Rhetorical question

•        Imagery

•        Symbolism

•        Poetic justice

•        Direct address

•        Oral traditions

•        Narrative hook

•        Plot twist

•        Deus ex machine

•        Foreshadowing

•        Literary devices that build suspense and anticipation. Examples:

•        Suspense 

•        Foreshadowing

•        Flash forward

•        Premonition

•        Climax

•        Dream vision

•        Poetic justice

•        Epistolary

•        Literary devices that emphasizes on events, actions or ideas. Examples:

•        Repetition

•        Flashback

•        Juxtaposition

•        Irony

•        Historic recurrence

•        Analogy

•        Authorial intrusion

•        Proverbs

•        Innuendo

•        Propaganda

•        Motif

•        Nostalgia

•        Story within a story

•        Similes

•        Allusion

•        Literary devices that engages the reader’s thoughts. Examples:

•        Symbolism

•        Allusion

•        Proverbs

•        Adage

•        Irony

•        Juxtaposition

•        Analogy

•        Metaphors

•        Paradox

•        Oxymoron

•        Vivid description

•        Imagery

•        Dream vision

•        Suspense

•        Nostalgia

•        Suspension of disbelief

•        Motif

•        Literary devices that disapprove of negative qualities in a society. Examples:

•        Poetic justice

•        Sarcasm

•        Satire

•        Hubris

•        Fatal flaw

•        Appeal to ignorance

•        False dilemma

•        Propaganda

•        Catastrophe

•        Story within a story

•        Tragedy

•        Proverbs

•        Adage

•        Oral traditions

•        Self-fulfilling prophecy

•        Ad hominem

•        Categoria

Literary devices that reveal conflicts:

·         Propaganda

·         Plot twist

·         Historic recurrence

·         Fatal flaw

·         Climax

·         Direct address

·         Soliloquy

·         Diatribe

·         Poetic justice

·         Foreshadowing

·         Flashback

·         Dialogue

·         Monologue

·         Sarcasm

·         Satire