Literary Devices Word Scramble
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| Term | Definition |
| hyperbole | an extreme exaggeration |
| simile | a comparison using like or as. |
| Imagery | the use of any words that appeal to the five senses (sight, sound, touch, smell, taste). |
| Oxymoron | words that are opposite: jumbo shrimp, sweet sorrow, controlled chaos. |
| verbal irony | difference between what is said and what is meant (think of sarcasm). |
| Dramatic irony | when the audience knows something that the characters do not. |
| metaphor | a comparison of two unlike things that does not use like or as. |
| Irony | when the outcome is different than expected |
| symbol | a person, object, place, or action that stands for something else (think Scarlet Ibis standing for Doodle) |
| Allusion | a reference to a well known song, text, art, famous person. |
| personification | giving animals, ideas, or things human-like characteristics |
| situational irony | difference between what the characters believe is going to happen and what really does. |
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