Literary Devices

Front

Comparison using 'like' or 'as'

Back

Similie

Front

Compares two things without using like or as

Back

Metaphor

Front

An obvious exaggeration

Back

hyperbole

Front

Life lesson or moral of a story

Back

Theme

Front

Reader knows something the character does not

Back

Dramatic Irony

Front

Character says one thing but means another.

Back

verbal irony

Front

Inanimate object given human traits

Back

Personification

Front

Opposite of what we expect

Back

Situational Irony

Front

Hints to a later event in the story

Back

Foreshadowing

Front

Point of view using I or me

Back

1st person point of view