Literary Devices

Question 1

simile

Answer 1

comparing two things using “like” or “as”

Question 2

metaphor

Answer 2

comparing two things without using “like” or “as”

Question 3

personification

Answer 3

giving non living things the characteristics of living things

Question 4

anthropology

Answer 4

giving animals characteristics of human beings

Question 5

assonance

Answer 5

repeating vowel sounds

Question 6

alliteration

Answer 6

repeating a consonant sound

Question 7

pathetic fallacy

Answer 7

human emotions are attributed to aspects of nature (weather)

Question 8

onomatopoeia

Answer 8

a word that represents a sound

Question 9

allegory

Answer 9

a story that is used to represent a deeper message about real life

Question 10

allusion

Answer 10

when an author makes an indirect reference to a figure, place or event outside the text

Question 11

colloquialism

Answer 11

the use of informal language

Question 12

euphenism

Answer 12

describing something without saying what it is

Question 13

flashback

Answer 13

showing events that already happened

Question 14

flash forward

Answer 14

showing events that haven´t happened yet

Question 15

foreshadowing

Answer 15

when an author hints at what´s to come later on in the story

Question 16

irony

Answer 16

verbal irony - sarcasm
situational - when the exact opposite happens to what was expected
dramatic - audience knows more than the characters

Question 17

juxtaposition

Answer 17

comparing and contrasting two different ideas

Question 18

paradox

Answer 18

a statement that appears illogical or self-contradictory but upon investigation might actually be plausible

Question 19

repetition

Answer 19

a word or phrase written multiple times

Question 20

symbolism

Answer 20

the use of an object or figure to represent a broader message or deeper meaning which differs from its literal meaning