Literary Devices

________ _______ are words or phrases used to create meaning that is not literal.

Giving human characteristics to nonhuman objects is​ (a)  

• personification
• metaphor
• simile
• hyperbole

An exaggeration

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Alliteration

The use of descriptive and sensory language to create a picture​ is (a)  

• imagery
• repetition
• irony
• simile

A statement or situation that contrasts with what is expected or known is

Match the following definitions with the correct word.

• Verbal Irony

• The audience or reader knows something that the characters do not

• Situational Irony

• An event occurs that is opposite of what is expected to happen

• Dramatic Irony

• The character or author says something opposite from what they really mean