Transcription of Literary Devices: Literature (Short Stories/Novels)
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Literary Devices: Literature (Short Stories/Novels) AP Literature & Composition Types of Fiction Allegory A story in which people, objects, and events stand for abstract qualities. , Nathaniel Hawthorne s Dr. Heidegger s Experiment can be interpreted as an allegory with each of the characters representing an abstract quality---for instance, Mr. Medbourne might represent greed. Anecdote A short narrative. Autobiography An account of a person s life written by that person. , Benjamin Franklin s autobiography. Biography An account of a person s life written by another person. , Carl Sandburg s biography of Abraham Lincoln. Fable A short story that illustrates a moral, often using animals as characters.
narrative. E.g., William Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily” opens with Miss Emily’s funeral, followed by a flashback that recounts how, when she was alive, Colonel Sartoris exempted her from paying taxes. Foreshadowing Hints about what will happen in the story. E.g., The witches’ prophesy in Shakespeare’s Macbeth. In medias res
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