Visual, auditory, olfactory, gustatory, and tactile are all types of this
What is imagery?
"The pizza crust was cardboard" is an example of this literary device
What is a metaphor?
This literary device is the attribution of a lifelike quality or human characteristics to an inanimate object or an idea
What is personification?
This is the attitude toward a subject conveyed by the speaker’s stylistic and rhetorical choices
What is tone?
This is similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses
What is parallelism?
"Memory and love are like a saucer and cup" is an example of this type of comparison
What is a simile?
"A traffic cop gets his license suspended because of unpaid parking tickets" is an example of this literary device
What is (situational) irony?
The time and place a speech is given or a piece is written is this
What is occasion?
"Peer pressure" is an example of a phrase that has a negative type of this
What is connotation?
"Memory is to love what the saucer is to the cup" is an example of this comparison
What is an analogy?
"I can resist anything but temptation" is an example of this literary device
What is a paradox?
Angry, insulting, and arrogant are words that can be used to describe this category of tone words
What is negative?
"The pasta I cooked last night was so delicious. Even my friend agreed it was durable." is an example of what type of error?
What is incorrect word choice / diction?
This is the placement of two things closely together to emphasize similarities or differences
What is juxaposition?
"After the protests in 1963, maybe Washington will listen to the voters." is an example of this literary device
What is metonymy?
In his April 1962 address to the nation, JFK spoke to these two audiences
Who are US citizens and steel companies / executives?
I hate when people say “I literally waited for hours” when they only waited ten minutes. They are using the word “literally” as this
What is a figure of speech / figurative language?
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity" is an example of this
What is juxtaposition?
The brand name "Hot Wheels" is an example of this literary device
What is synecdoche?
In "Last Child in the Woods", Louv uses this type of tone when anecdotally speaking about looking out the car as a child
What is nostalgic?