OTHER ELEMENTS

FORESHADOWING

There are several other literary devices that pop up at various times in the story. One of the most prevalent ones is foreshadowing which frequently presents clues of something that will happen later in the novel. Some examples of foreshadowing include:

1. He believed that the time would come when the Negro in the South would be accorded all the political rights which.........

IRONY

Another element that is important to note is irony - when something happens, or is seen, or is heard that we may know, but the characters do not, or that appears opposite of what is expected. Some examples of irony include:

1. Ironically, given what the reader now knows, Booker’s final assessment that there are no such organizations as the KKK in the South as he is writing this book is surprising.

2. At the time he was writing this book, Booker felt that his people had begun to recognize that color didn’t automatically make........

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