literary devices

Question 1

verbal irony

Answer 1

narrator telling something different from what they mean, what they intend, or what the situation requires

Question 2

dramatic irony

Answer 2

a character in a story is deprived of information that governs the plot that surrounds them

Question 3

situational irony

Answer 3

when characters’ intentions are foiled, when people do certain things to bring about an intended result, but in fact produce the opposite result.

Question 4

symbolism

Answer 4

something represents something else

Question 5

onomatopoeia

Answer 5

words representing sound

Question 6

imagery

Answer 6

words/phrases that evoke sense of taste, touch, smell, hear or see

Question 7

dialogue

Answer 7

conversation between characters

Question 8

simile

Answer 8

comparison using like or as

Question 9

metaphor

Answer 9

comparison without using like or as

Question 10

hyperbole

Answer 10

exaggeration

Question 11

repitition

Answer 11

author repeats words and phrases for emphasis

Question 12

foreshadowing

Answer 12

author giving hints of what is to come

Question 13

alliteration

Answer 13

same letter or sound at beginning of adjacent or closely connected words

Question 14

oxymoron

Answer 14

contradictory terms appearing in conjunction

Question 15

personification

Answer 15

non-human to human

Question 16

atmosphere

Answer 16

feeling/sense evoked by environmental setting

Question 17

juxtaposition

Answer 17

two things opposite side by side, difference becomes clearer or obvious

Question 18

enjambment

Answer 18

continuation of sentence or clause after line breaks