Literary Devices

Question 1

Personification

Answer 1

A figure of speech where human-like characteristics are given to a non-human object

Question 2

Metaphor

Answer 2

A figure of speech that makes an implicit comparison between two dissimilar things

Question 3

Foreshadowing

Answer 3

An introduction or “hint” of what is to come later in the story

Question 4

Imagery

Answer 4

Language that conveys sensory details in a work. It also includes the use of figuritive language to evoke a feeling, to call to mind an idea, or to describe an object

Question 5

Irony

Answer 5

A contradiction between appearance or expectations and reality

Question 6

Diction

Answer 6

A writer’s word choice that is purposeful in both vocabulary and syntax. Diction often creates the mood.

Question 7

Symbol/Symbolism

Answer 7

Something that on the surface is its literal self but which also has another meaning or several different meanings. The object can represent a larger idea.

Question 8

Simile

Answer 8

A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two dissimilar things using “like” or “as”