Literary Devices

Question 1

Alliteration

Answer 1

When the original consonant of sound is repeated

Question 2

Assonance

Answer 2

Similar sounds between vowels in neighbouring words

Question 3

Euphemism

Answer 3

Making something sound better than it is

Question 4

Hyperbole

Answer 4

An exaggeration for the purpose of heightened effect

Question 5

Irony

Answer 5

The use of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning

Question 6

Metaphor

Answer 6

Comparing two things not using like or as

Question 7

Onomatopoeia

Answer 7

Giving a sound a word

Question 8

Oxymoron

Answer 8

Contradictory terms appearing side by side

Question 9

Personification

Answer 9

Giving an inanimate object human characteristics

Question 10

Simile

Answer 10

Comparing two things using like or as

Question 11

Foreshadowing

Answer 11

When the author gives hints as to what is going to happen in the story

Question 12

Connotation

Answer 12

When the reader has to read between the lines in order to understand what is going on

Question 13

Deconnotation

Answer 13

When the reader has a clear out, on the lines understanding of what is going on

Question 14

Pathetic fallacy

Answer 14

When the weather matches character’s experiences