Literary Devices
What is Alliteration?
The same sound starts a series of words
What is Allusion?
A reference to a person, place, thing, event, or idea in history or literature
What is Symbolism?
When one thing
represents something else.
What is Foreshadowing?
Hinting or suggesting of events to come.
What is Hyperbole?
An exaggerated statement used for emphasis and not meant to be taken literally.
What is Imagery?
Using descriptive words to create a “picture” in the mind of the reader.
What are the three different types of Irony?
Verbal, Dramatic, and Situational
What is Onomatopoeia?
the use of words that imitate sound
What is an Oxymoron?
opposite words are placed side by side in a single phrase.
What is a Pun?
The humorous use of the various meanings of a word.
What is a Simile?
A comparison in which two things are said to be like or as another. The words “like” “or” as is always used.
What is a Metaphor?
A comparison in which one thing is said to be another (does not use “like” or “as”).
What is Personification?
Giving human qualities to an object.