Literary Devices

A host, of golden daffodils were dancing in the breeze.

• Verbal Irony

• Allusion

• Personification

• Symbolism

• Simile

The apple that Snow White eats is a reference to the apple that Eve eats in the Bible because they were both poisonous.

• Symbolism

• Allusion

• Dramatic Irony

• Metaphor

• Oxymoron

What type of irony is this?

• Situational

• Verbal

• Dramatic

In Stargirl, a pebble in Stargirl's wagon was not just a pebble, but each represented happiness.

• Oxymoron

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Symbolism

• Verbal Irony

In Romeo and Juliet, the audience knows that Juliet is only asleep-not dead-but Romeo does not, and he kills himself.

• Allusion

• Dramatic Irony

• Symbolism

• Personification

• Situational Irony

He was a wise fool.

I let out a silent scream.

He is an honest thief.

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Oxymoron

• Symbolism

• Imagery

I've told you a million times!

My mom's going to kill me if I don't clean my room!

OMG, your scream broke my ear drum!

• Allusion

• Imagery

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Verbal Irony

What type of irony is this?

• Verbal irony

• Dramatic irony

• Situational irony

I didn't think things could get worse...boy, was I wrong.

• Hyperbole

• Verbal irony

• Oxymoron

• Allusion

• Foreshadowing

The definition of an oxymoron is:

• an exaggeration

• a comparison between two things using like or as

• a reference to something well-known to the audience (historical, biblical, cultural, or literary)

• Two opposite meaning words that create a contradictory phrase

• a picture or sign that represents something else such as an idea or emotion