Grade Nine Literary Devices

A picture created using concrete details, adjectives and figurative speech:

The use of words to express a meaning opposite from a words literal meaning:

Repetition of beginning sounds of words several times in a row or sentence:

The use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in a story:

A person, place, thing or event that represents both itself and something greater than itself:

A comparison between two unlike things using like or as is a:

I felt like I was riding a roller coaster of emotions on the day I wrote my first exam.

A contrast between what is expected & what actually exists or happens:

A comparison between two unlike things without using "like" or "as" is a ______________.

A reader's anticipation concerning the outcome of events:

He was drowning in a sea of grief after he found out he failed all of his exams.

When a word or phrase is used more than once in a certain period of time for emphasis:

The overall message or life lesson of a work of literature:

Combining words that seem to contradict each other for the purpose of creating effect:

Giving human qualities to a non-human animal, object or idea:

Words that imitate sounds in real life: