Literary Terms

My love is like a red, red rose.

• Allusion

• Simile

• Metaphor

Brian was a wall, bouncing every tennis ball back over the net

• Allusion

• Simile

• Metaphor

Snow speaks to the people; it’s falling above in the glooming sunlight. Its white, sparkling voice echoes as it falls through the air.

• Allusion
• Simile
• Metaphor
• Personification

The following is an example of what type of literary device: a fire station catches on fire and burns to the ground.

• Verbal Irony

• Simile

• Situational Irony

Choose the correct term for the following definition: occurs when we know something that a character in a story doesn't know.

• Dramatic Irony

• Metaphor

• Symbolism

Referring to something that is not human as if it were human

• Foreshadowing

• Personification

• Irony

• Alliteration

When the opposite of what you expect to happens occurs

• Foreshadowing

• Personification

• Irony

Compares to things using like or as

• Foreshadowing

• Simile

• Personification

• Irony

An object or thing that represents something bigger than itself

• Foreshadowing

• Simile

• Symbol

Her heart was as dark as the night is an example of what?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Irony