Literary Devices
Literary Devices
Vocabulary
Vocabulary
Lit. Devices Examples
100
The repetition of initial consonant sounds.
What is alliteration?
100
A figure of speech in which a part stands for a whole, or vice versa.
What is a synecdoche?
100
To soften or tone down.
What is the definition of the verb temper?
100
To prove to be false or erroneous, such as an opinion.
What is the definition of refute?
100
"Apple is to tree as snow is to winter."
What is an example of an analogy?
200
A reference to another work or famous figure.
What is an allusion?
200
Having to do with using language effectively and persuasively.
What is rhetorical effect?
200
Excessively mournful, dismal, or gloomy.
What is the definition of lugubrious?
200
A descriptive word or phrase added to or substituted for a person's name.
What is the definition of an epithet?
200
"Big, black, box" or "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers"
What are examples of alliteration?
300
A comparison, an illustration of an idea by comparing it to a more familiar idea that is similar or parallel to it.
What is an analogy?
300
A phrase composed of opposites; a contradiction.
What is an oxymoron?
300
The quality of being rude or disrespectful.
What is the definition of impudence?
300
Obedient or attentive in a fawning or servile manner.
What is the definition of obsequious?
300
"It was so cold, I saw polar bears wearing jackets."
What is an example of a hyperbole?
400
A figure of speech in which sharply contrasting ideas are juxtaposed in a balanced or parallel phrase or grammatical structure.
What is an antithesis?
400
A word or phrase that appeals to one or more of the senses: sight, sound, taste, touch, smell.
What is imagery?
400
Containing a reference to or a casual mention of another piece of literature or a person.
What is the definition of allusive?
400
Having an outcome of events contrary to what was, or might have been, expected.
What is the definition of irony?
400
"All hands on deck" or "Lend me your ears"
What are examples of synecdoche?
500
A word or phrase that takes the place of a harsh, unpleasant, or impolite reality.
What is a euphemism?
500
Exaggeration or deliberate overstatement
What is a hyperbole?
500
Filled with intense feeling
What is the definition of impassioned?
500
To act as if one is superior to others.
What is the definition of condescending?
500
"truthful lie" or "jumbo shrimp"
What are examples of oxymorons?
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