Literary Devices

Front

Comparison using 'like' or 'as'

Back

Similie

Front

Compares two things without using 'like' or 'as'

Back

Metaphor

Front

An exaggerated way of saying something

Back

hyperbole

Front

Life lesson of a story

Back

Theme

Front

Inferring a character's traits

Back

Indirect Characterization

Front

Reader knows something the character does not.

Back

Dramatic Irony

Front

Character says something but means the opposite

Back

Verbal Irony

Front

Inanimate object given human traits

Back

Personification

Front

Contradicting words combined

Back

oxymoron

Front

Opposite of what we expect

Back

Situational Irony