Literary Devices 1
“We will fight for justice. We will stand for truth. We will not give up.”
What is anaphora?
“He ran and jumped and laughed and sang.”
What is polysyndeton?
“The bacon sizzled and popped in the pan.”
What is onomatopoeia?
“Her smile was like sunshine.”
What is simile?
"She's not a bad singer."
What is litotes?
“See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.”
What is epistrophe?
“I came, I saw, I conquered.”
What is asyndeton?
“The cat in the hat sat on a mat.”
What is rhyme?
“Time is a thief.”
What is metaphor?
“O Death, where is thy sting?”
What is apostrophe?
“The White House issued a statement today.”
What is metonymy?
“To be or not to be — that is the question.” (hint: the pause)
What is caesura?
“The whispering winds wandered through the willows.”
What is alliteration?
“The angry storm pounded on the roof.”
What is personification?
“She broke his car and his heart.”
What is zeugma?
“All hands on deck.”
What is synecdoche?
A line of poetry that runs into the next without pause.
What is enjambment?
“The mellow wedding bells echoed in the dell.”
What is assonance?
“I’ve told you a million times.”
What is hyperbole?
"She has all my love; my heart belongs to her."
What is chiamus?
“Less is more.”
What is paradox?
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.”
What is antithesis?
“Tyger Tyger, burning bright, In the forests of the night; What immortal hand or eye, Could frame thy fearful symmetry?”
What is consonance?
“The room fell into a deafening silence.”
What is oxymoron?
“Fear leads to anger; anger leads to hate.”
What is anadiplosis?