literary devices

Question 1

What is foreshadow?

Answer 1

-gives you a clue that something is going to happen (ex, I have a bad feeling about this)

Question 2

What is symbolism?

Answer 2

-when a character or event serves as an example of something or someone in real life (ex, rainbows symbolize hope and promise)

Question 3

What is suspense?

Answer 3

• building up excitement (ex, the sound in the distance became louder, louder and louder)

Question 4

What is personification?

Answer 4

-giving human action or qualities to things that are not alive (ex, the trees danced in the wind)

Question 5

What is a simile?

Answer 5

-a comparison of two unlike things using like or as (ex, small like a mouse)

Question 6

What is a metaphor?

Answer 6

-a comparison of two unlike things;states one thing IS something else (ex, he is a eagle in the night)

Question 7

What is a hyperbole?

Answer 7

-extreme exaggeration for effect (ex, I felt as if 600 knifes has stabbed by toe)

Question 8

What is allusion?

Answer 8

-reference to something well-known in literature, history, or the arts (ex, she smiled like the Mona Lisa)

Question 9

What is onomatopoeia?

Answer 9

-sound effect on words (ex, crash bang!)

Question 10

What is alliteration?

Answer 10

-2 or 3 words in a row with the same sound (ex, happy hopeful home)

Question 11

What is irony?

Answer 11

-when the reverse of what is expected comes true (ex, a wife sells her hair to by her husband a watch, and the husband sells his watch to by combs for his wife’s hair)

Question 12

What is imagery?

Answer 12

-vivid description using 5 senses (ex, I felt the cold rain against my moist skin, I hear it dripping from the tree branches, I see it blur my vision into a hazy focus. I can smell the moist smell of wet plants and bark. I stick out my tongue at taste the fresh cold water against my sandpaper tongue.)