![]() Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Tell-Tale Heart” foreshadows the narrator’s actions from the start of the story: I can’t say how the idea first entered my brain, but once it was there, it haunted me day and night.In To Kill a Mockingbird, finding the presents in the oak tree foreshadows the truth about Boo Radley.Words, phrases, or events that hint or suggest to the reader what’s going to happen in the story. They are marked by the use of “like,” “as,”or “such as.” Comparing two unrelated things to creating new understanding and meaning. The leaves danced in the wind, twirling round and round before bowing out and resting on the cold ground.Giving inanimate objects and other phenomena human traits. New aunt Anita aimed to avoid annoying her tired sister.The white witch wanted to write a new spell.Alliteration involves the quick repetition of the first letters, and therefore the first sounds, of words. ![]() This is one of the easiest go-to devices to use. (Mini Magnum by hobvias sudoneighm via CC)
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