Literary Devices
What is tone?
How the author feels about a subject
What is Alliteration?
Repetition of an initial consonant sounds in a line of poetry used to create a music like sound
What is a simile?
A comparison between two things using the words LIKE or AS
What is a Stanza?
the "paragraphs" in a poem (a group of lines)
What literary device is this?
"In our minds we could hit anything, run the bases like gazelles, slide into home safe.
simile
What is mood?
What is a hyperbole?
An exaggeration or overstatement
What is a metaphor?
A comparison that DOES NOT use like or as
What is a rhyme?
A repetition of sounds, typically at the end of a line.
What literary device is this?
"Some things are actually impossible, like finding the right words to tell Sam she's my archangel, the one who saves me"
Metaphor
What is characterization?
What the character looks like and personality is like.
What is imagery?
Descriptive language that appeals to the 5 senses
The goal is to paint a picture in the reader’s head
What an idea, object, phrase, etc is said over and over again.
What is rhythm?
Rhythm is a strong, regular, and repeated pattern of sound, movement, or time.
No, but they found a cancerous growth on the same toe, and then it spread to his brain and lunds, and then BAM.
Onomatopeia
What is a static character vs a dynamic character?
Dynamic characters change while static characters stay the same?
What is Onomatopeia?
Sound words
What is Symbolism?
Anything that stands for or represents something else.
These are used to create either a "jerky, staccato rhythm" or a "lyrical smoothness," both of which are characteristic of jazz
What literary device is this? "Barry Baby Bonds in the house!"
Alliteration
What is a theme?
The universal lesson, message, moral etc of a story
What is personification?
giving human characteristics to non human things.
What is an allusion?
A reference to something of historical, cultural, literary, or political significance
What is font? What types of font are there?
The type of text used, can be bold, underline, or italics.
What literary device is this?
Noah, the universe is conspiring to give you everything, but you gotta do your part!
Personification