Miscellaneous Literary Devices
An absurd or self contradictory statement which may have significant truth to it.
What is a paradox?
To give something non-human an human characteristic.
What is to personify (personification)?
Something being less important than initially believed to be.
What is an understatement?
Proper word choice in writing.
What is diction?
A story when interpreted reveals a deeper moral or political meaning. Plato's Cave is a very famous example of this.
What is an Allegory?
To imitate a specific work or genre and to exaggerate it for comic effect.
What is the definition of parody?
Words applied to actions which aren't meant to be taken literally.
What is a metaphor?
When the opposite results from what was expected.
What is situational irony?
What is syntax?
A comparison for the purpose of explanation.
To imitate a certain style with other intent that to imitate.
A vivid description in literary work.
What is imagery?
A contradictory meaning the opposite of what you mean, used intentionally for comic effect.
What is verbal irony?
A particular form of language which is specific to a region or group?
What is a dialect?
A literal meaning without regards to its connotations.
What is denotation?
A recurring action which has significance to literary work.
What is a motif?
To compare two different things for a more vivid expression.
What is a simile?
The audiences knowing/understanding something the characters don't.
What is dramatic irony?
The use of a societal object to represent social norm ideas.
What is symbolism (symbol)?
A feeling in a word which adds feeling to its common definition.
What is connotation?
What is juxtaposition?
An exaggerated statement meant not to be taken literally.
What is a hyperbole?
A parallel expression of words which are on opposite extremes.
What is an antithesis?
Informal phrasing, used for normal conversation.
What is colloquialism?
A non applicable phrase which includes further detail.
What is an extended metaphor?