Matching Pairs Literary Devices Matching GameOnline version Test your knowledge of literary devices with this fun matching pairs game! by Kathleen Cramer 1 Colloquialism 2 Irony 3 Allusion 4 Euphemism 5 Flashback 6 Idiom 7 Alliteration 8 Hyperbole 9 Epiphany 10 Diction Use of informal piece of dialogue or turn of phrase, often regional or by location "sneakers" "soda" A moment of sudden insight or realization by a character Exaggeration for emphasis Substitution of an agreeable expression Use of words to express opposite meaning, the opposite of expectation Implied or indirect reference to a person, place, thing, event, or idea Repetition of the similar or same consonant sound in succession The word choice and speaking style of a writer or character Interruption of chronological sequence A figure of speech that is indecipherable based on the words along. "This test is a piece of cake"
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