Literary Devices Understanding Check

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Object, person, place, or action that retains meaning while representing something larger (concept, theme)

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symbol

Front

Audience knows something characters don't.

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Dramatic irony

Front

When a person says one thing but means another

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verbal irony

Front

When what happens is the opposite of our expectations.

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situational irony

Front

Reference in literature to a character, place, or situation from another work, often from mythology or the Bible.

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allusion

Front

Comparison of two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'

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simile

Front

Implied comparison of two unlike things, stated directly

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metaphor

Front

Words that imitate natural sounds

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onomatopoeia

Front

Giving human traits to inanimate objects or abstractions

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personification

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Clues hinting at future plot developments in a story.

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foreshadowing