Literary Devices

Question 0

Dialogue

Answer 0

Exchange of words between characters or people in text

• “Hi, how are you?”
• ” I’m fine, thanks.”

Question 1

Alliteration

Answer 1

Repetition of similar sound

              Suzy, My sister, Slept Soundly

Question 2

Flashback

Answer 2

Occurrence of events that have happened at a previous time

- Forest Gump

Question 3

Foil

Answer 3

A character in a story who is the opposite of the other character.
- Good Guy vs. Bad Guy

Question 4

Foreshadowing

Answer 4

Words or phrases that hint at what may happen later.

Question 5

Imagery

Answer 5

Words or phrases that create a mental image; appeals to the 5 senses.

-The salty ocean breeze grazed my skin as it whispered through town.

Question 6

Irony

Answer 6

1⃣The meaning implied by words is different from the actual meaning, 2⃣opposite happens from what is expected to happen.

Question 7

Metaphor

Answer 7

Comparison between things without like or as

• The warrior was a beast in the battle.

Question 8

Onomatopoeia

Answer 8

A word that sounds like the sound it names

• Boom, Pow, Woof

Question 9

Oxymoron

Answer 9

Words with different meanings working together to form a phrase with a new meaning

-clearly confused, act naturally

Question 10

Personification

Answer 10

Giving inanimate objects human characteristics

-The wind howled

Question 11

Simile

Answer 11

A comparison between things using like or as

• She was as lonely as a rose

Question 12

Symbolism

Answer 12

Giving something concrete a deeper, abstract meaning

Question 13

Verisimilitude

Answer 13

Having the state of being true to life.

-The movie, Titanic