Literary Devices

What literary device is used here: "His heart is made of stone."

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Irony

Answer explanation

A metaphor is a figure of speech that, for rhetorical effect, directly refers to one thing by mentioning another.

In contrast to a simile, a metaphor refers directly by using the word "is," while a simile uses "like" or "as."

This literary device can be both figurative and literal. Uses can often include the 5 senses to fully understand what is being said.

• Symbolism

• Allusion

• Onomatopoeia

• Imagery

Which of these is a simile?

• This tree is the god of the forest.

• This tree is like the god of the forest.

• The tree's leaves danced in the wind.

• The tree was larger than a mountain.

Answer explanation

A simile is a comparison of two things using the words "like" or "as."

"The tree is the god of the forest" is a metaphor.

"The tree's leaves danced in the wind" is an example of personification.

"The tree was larger than a mountain" is an example of a hyperbole.

____ is a figurative language in which nonhuman things or abstractions are represented as having human qualities

• Imagery

• Personification

• Allusion

• Illusion

What is a juxtaposition?

• The use of an object to represent a concept.

• A literary device that allows writers to paint pictures in readers' minds

• Putting two things next to one another to add a contrasting effect.

• When the writer describes something by using opposite language.

Answer explanation

Symbolism: The use of an object to represent a concept.

Imagery: A literary device that allows writers to paint pictures in readers' minds

Irony: When the writer describes something by using opposite language.

Which of these is an example of a juxtaposition?

• The triple bacon cheeseburger glistened with health and good choices.

• I'm so hungry I could eat a horse!

• Buzz, boom, chirp, creak, sizzle, zoom, etc.

• It was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair.

Answer explanation

Juxtapositions create a clearer picture of the characteristics of one object or idea by comparing it with those of another. "Spring" contrasts "winter" while "hope" contrasts "despair."

A girl wakes up late for school and quickly rushes to get there. As soon as she arrives, though, she realizes that it's Saturday and there is no school.

What kind of irony is this?

• Verbal Irony

• Dramatic Irony

• Situational Irony

• Nonverbal Irony

Answer explanation

Verbal irony: When someone says something but means the opposite (similar to sarcasm).

Situational irony: When something happens that's the opposite of what was expected or intended to happen.

Dramatic irony: When the audience is aware of the true intentions or outcomes, while the characters are not.

_____: a combination of two words that, together, express a contradictory meaning.

• Irony

• Oxymoron

• Simile

• Euphemism

Why do we use literary devices?

• To provide insight to your writing for the readers

• Emphasis and Clarity

• To get readers to connect to the story

• Evoke moods and emotions

____: when an author makes an indirect reference to a figure, place, event, or idea originating from outside the text.