Literary Devices

Question 1

Diction

Answer 1

A writers word choice that is purposeful in both vocabulary and syntax. Often diction creates the mood

Question 2

Foreshadowing

Answer 2

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

Question 3

Simile

Answer 3

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

Question 4

Imagery

Answer 4

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

Question 5

Metaphor

Answer 5

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

Question 6

Symbol/ Symbolism

Answer 6

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

Question 7

Personification

Answer 7

A figure of speech where human characteristics are given to non-human objects.

Question 8

Irony

Answer 8

A contradiction between appearance or expectations and reality.