The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word IRONIES which also is the latest solution we found used in Newsday in 1999.
Literary devices crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| IRONIES | 67 % | 7 |
| TROPES | 33 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Literary devices
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- literature
- literary criticism
- figurative language
- literary hack
- novelistic
- novelistically
- poeticism
- intertextuality
- writing style
- linguistic
- literatures
- poetic license
Crossword Answer definitions
IRONIES noun- A statement that, when taken in context, may actually mean something different from, or the opposite of, what is written literally; the use of words expressing something other than their literal intention, often in a humorous context.
- Dramatic irony: a theatrical effect in which the meaning of a situation, or some incongruity in the plot, is understood by the audience, but not by the characters in the play.
- Ignorance feigned for the purpose of confounding or provoking an antagonist; Socratic irony.
- The state of two usually unrelated entities, parties, actions, etc. being related through a common connection in an uncommon way.
- Contradiction between circumstances and expectations; condition contrary to what might be expected.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
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More clues leading to the result IRONIES
- Twists of fate
- One of life's little __
- Story surprises
- Features of O. Henry stories
- Life's little incongruities
- Unexpected twists
- Twists
- Unexpected results
- Many O. Henry endings
- Unexpected turns of events