Literary Devices

Question or Hint Answer or Word
  1. A category or type of literature, poetry, prose, or drama. genre
  2. the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning. irony
  3. The central message, insight, or generalization about life in a piece of literature theme
  4. A figure of speech in which something is described as if it were something else; comparison made without “like” or “as”. metaphor
  5. A word that imitates the sound it represents. (Bang, pow) onomatopoeia
  6. An expression comparing one thing to another using the words “like” or “as”. simile

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