Literary Devices 1
Literary Devices 2
Literary Devices 3
Literary Devices 4
100

Assigning human characteristics to non-living things 

What is Personification?

100

Painting pictures with words 

What is imagery?

100

Exaggeration or emphasis of certain words or phrases in literature.

What is hyperbole?

100

The contrasting of two different story elements in close proximity to one another. 

what is juxtaposition?  

200

"Its raining cats and dogs outside!"

What is a metaphor?

200

A comparison using "like" or "as".

What is a simile?

200

The repetition of vowel sounds in words that are close together in a sentence or verse.

What is assonance?

200

The use of people, places or objects to convey an idea or invoke an emotion.

What is symbolism?

300

When the flash sprints a loud "KRAKAKAKOOM" can be heard.

What is an onomatopoeia?

300

The evil stepmother in Cinderella

What is a motif?

300

The employment of two contrasting ideas in a story that can drive the plot forward.

What is Antithesis?

300

The audience knows that a killer has broken into the house before the characters do.

What is dramatic irony?

400

Never in a million years have I seen such a disrespectful person

What is "never in a million years?

400

A self-contradictory word or phrase in a sentence

What is an oxymoron? 

400

He passed away peacefully in his sleep.

What is euphemism in "he passed away"

400

“My life were better ended by their hate, than death prorogued, wanting of thy love.”

What is foreshadowing in "Romeo and Juliet"?

500

Clary closed her cluttered clothes closet.

What is alliteration 

500

Shin Godzilla in the 2016 film "Shin Godzilla"

What is an allegory for natural disaster?

500

"You're damned if you do, you're damned if you don't"

What is an anaphora?

500

I'm essentially the Jason Bourne to video games.

What is an allusion to the movie and character Jason Bourne?

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