Literary devices ( the ones your not familiar with )

Question 1

what is allusion ?

Answer 1

reference to something or someone well known

Question 2

allegory ?

Answer 2

Narrative that works simultaneously on both the literal and symbolic level

Question 3

Irony

Answer 3

• involves surprising, interesting or amusing contradictions and contrasts.

Question 4

Verbal irony ?

Answer 4

occurs when words are used to suggest the opposite of their usual meaning

Question 5

situational irony

Answer 5

when a event occurs that directly contradicts expectations

Question 6

dramatic irony

Answer 6

when the reader is privy to facts unknown to the characters

Question 7

Motif

Answer 7

a recurrent image, idea or symbol that contributes towards the development of the theme

Question 8

pathetic fallacy ?

Answer 8

attribution of human EMOTIONS to things that aren’t human ( Its a kind of personification )

Question 9

synecdoche

Answer 9

a literary device in which a part of something represents something beyond itself, most often something concrete or tangible that represents an abstract idea.