LiterAry devices
LitErary devices
LIterary devices
LiterarY Devices
Literary Devices
100

Deafening silence!

What is an oxymoron?

100

the use of sarcasm or when a speaker’s intention is the opposite of what they are saying

e.g "Wow, you could win an award for cleanliness!" after looking at a messy room.

What is verbal irony?

100

kacey tells Steve she loves his cooking but feeds it to the dog under the table.  

dramatic irony

100

The animals spoke and sang to Snow White and braided her hair as she walked through the forest

personification

100

Bleach Blonde Butch Body

Alliteration

200

The Wicked Witch of the West went her own way.

What is alliteration?

200

A literary device in which a writer uses one thing to represent another.

What is symbolism?

200

What is this an example of :

“Nory was a Catholic because her mother was a Catholic, and Nory’s mother was a Catholic because her father was a Catholic, and her father was a Catholic because his mother was a Catholic, or had been.”

What is repetition?

200

A character like Raven has a spell and temporarily loses consciousness in order to see a glimpse of the future

foreshadow

200

Everyone gossiped about how Troy ghosted Gabby

Euphemism

300

Snap!

What is onomatopoeia?

300
When there is distance between reality and what readers anticipated

Irony

300

At the end of the road you can only go left or right

jusxtaposition

300

Will's dark, spidery drawing in season 1 + the Mind Flayer reveal in seasons 4 and 5

What is Foreshadowing?

300
He is like a giraffe; long-necked with small ears.
What is simile?
400

The gushing brook stole its way down the lush green mountains, dotted with tiny flowers in a riot of colors and trees coming alive with gaily chirping birds.

What is Imagery?

400

a photograph of a seagull sitting on top of a no seagulls sign

what is irony?

400

“I am so tired I cannot walk another inch” or “I’m so sleepy I might fall asleep standing here”.

What is hyperbole?

400

He was a lion on the battlefield.

What is metaphor?

400

The clock screamed at me, for it was time to go work.

What is personification?

500

There it was again.

Part of me was trying to remember something. I could feel my subconscious furiously digging to bring it up to the surface. It was so close. Right on the tip of my tongue.

Something white.

That was it!

Why hadn’t I seen it before?

I had to go!

I ran down the driveway. I had to be sure.

What is suspense?

500

A man is about to give a speech to a large audience on biology. Suddenly, he remembers playing with frogs and toads in his backyard as a curious child. He smiles at the memory, and then begins to speak to the audience about a new, groundbreaking finding about frogs.

What is flashback?

500

"Add fuel to the fire" is an example of a

What is Idiom?

500

The girl with the dark purple hair is often asleep in class

imagery

500

Kandice realized that "Zootopia" was about more that cute animals, as certain animals received unfair treatment  

Allegory

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