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Uses word such as "like" or "as" to compare dissimilar objects/ideas
What is a Simile
Doesn't use "like" or "as" to compare dissimilar objects/ideas
What is a Metaphor
Someone says a saying/phrase commonly known in a particular culture whose meaning is not meant to be take literally
What is an Idiom
Someone exaggerates to an extreme
What is a Hyperbole
The audience knows something that some characters do not
What is Dramatic Irony
A paradox created by two contradictory terms
What is an Oxymoron
The audience expects something to happen, but something different happens
What is Situational Irony
A statement that appears to contradict itself, but after some reflection it makes sense
What is a Paradox
The author uses an understatement to make a serious situation funny
What is Comedic/Ironic Understatement
The author uses a type of metaphor when a nonhuman thing/idea is given human traits/characteristics/feelings
What is Personification
The author references to a person, place, thing, event, or other literary work that the audience should be able to recognize
What is an Allusion
The author uses an understatement to defuse a tense/uncomfortable situation
What is Polite Understatement
A person means the opposite of what they said
What is Verbal Irony
A "play on words" (definition & sounds)
What is a Pun
The author uses a nicer/softer phrase/word in place of something that could be considered offensive or unpleasant
What is Euphemism
The author uses and understatement to downplay a great achievement
What is a Modest Understatement