Literary Device 1
Figurative language used to create pictures
What is Imagery?
Repetition of initial consonant
What is Alliteration?
A writer's main message
What is Theme?
A literary device using a definition to a word beyond its literal definition
What is Connotation?
A word that sound like its meaning
What is Onomatopoeia?
A writer's attitude towards the subject
What is tone?
Conveys voice and tone
What is Diction?
Reference made to another literary work
What is Allusion?
Repetition of sounds at the end of words
What is Rhyme?
Anything that represents something else on a figurative level
What is Symbol?
Repetition of similar vowel sounds, followed by different consonant sounds
What is assonance?
Repetition of words or group of words
What is Anaphora?
Repetition of final consonant sounds
What is Consonance?
Exaggeration to produce comic effect
What is hyperbole?
Usually at the end of a stanza
What is Refrain?
A comparison of two unlike things that continues throughout a series of sentences
What is Extended Metaphor?