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Literary devices and terms are the techniques and elements—from figures of speech to narrative devices to poetic meters—that writers use to create narrative literature, poetry, speeches, or any …

Welcome to the LitCharts study guide on Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin. Created by the original team behind SparkNotes, LitCharts are the world's best literature guides.

Welcome to the LitCharts study guide on Herman Melville's Moby-Dick. Created by the original team behind SparkNotes, LitCharts are the world's best literature guides.

Welcome to the LitCharts study guide on Miguel de Cervantes's Don Quixote. Created by the original team behind SparkNotes, LitCharts are the world's best literature guides.

Welcome to the LitCharts study guide on Charlotte Perkins Gilman's The Yellow Wallpaper. Created by the original team behind SparkNotes, LitCharts are the world's best literature guides.

The following examples of mood are from different types of literature: plays, novels, and poems. In each, we identify how the author builds the mood of the work using a combination of setting, imagery, tone, …

Welcome to the LitCharts study guide on August Wilson's Fences. Created by the original team behind SparkNotes, LitCharts are the world's best literature guides.

Welcome to the LitCharts study guide on Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales. Created by the original team behind SparkNotes, LitCharts are the world's best literature guides.

Welcome to the LitCharts study guide on Khaled Hosseini's The Kite Runner. Created by the original team behind SparkNotes, LitCharts are the world's best literature guides.