Literary Terms and Devices Review #4

When the author uses exaggeration for effect

This occurs when a character says something contradictory to what they actually mean.

This occurs when actions have an effect that is opposite from what was intended, so that the outcome is contrary to what was expected

When the reader or audience knows something that the characters do not

This is a way of speaking which minimizes the significance of something.

Originally referring to a single line of a poem, this term has come to mean any grouping of words in a poem.

A form of writing that has no formal metrical structure.