Literary Devices

Front

Analogy

Back

A comparison

Front

Imagery

Back

Any reference to the senses

Front

Irony

Back

Something unexpected

Front

Dramatic Irony

Back

Plot driven event that is unexpected

Front

Situational Irony

Back

In a situation, something unexpected - not plot driven

Front

Verbal Irony

Back

Something said unexpectedly

Front

Monologue

Back

One character talking to themself

Front

Oxymoron

Back

Two words that are opposites put together to describe something

Front

Personification

Back

Giving human qualities to a non-human object

Front

Simile

Back

A comparison of 2 things that are not alike using "like" or "as"