Review of Literary Devices

A comparison of two unlike thing in which a word of comparison (like or as) is used

• Simile

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

The comparison of two unlike things which no word of comparison (like or as) are used

• Simile

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

An implied or indirect reference in literature to a familiar person, place, or event.

• Dialect

• Allusion

• Irony

• Rhyme Scheme

"America is a melting pot" is an example of 

• Metaphor
• Simile
• Alliteration 
• Repetition

"She is like a butterfly" is an example of...

• Metaphor
• Simile
• Rhyme
• Alliteration

What is the use of an object, figure, event, situation, or other idea in a written work to represent something else?

• Onomatopoeia

• Alliteration

• Oxymoron

• Symbolism

What is a word or phrase is written multiple times, usually for the purpose of emphasis. It is often used in poetry (for purposes of rhythm as well)?

• Paradox

• Soliloquy

• Smile

• Repetition

She’s the next Beyonce’. OR He’s the next Michael Jordan.

• allusion
• irony
• oxymoron
• personification

a rose represents love, winter represents death, red represents passion, etc.

• symbolism
• hyperbole
• allegory
• allusion

Which of the following is a metaphor?

• Light of my life
• The alarm clock yells at me every morning
• As big as an elephant.
• As bold as brass