Literary Devices 1
The device exemplified in the following example is _________.
Stand in the soft section of the garden.
What is alliteration?
This type of punctuation is needed in the sentence below.
We have known each other for years ___ we are the best of friends!
What is a semicolon?
An appeal to emotion is called this.
What is pathos?
This type of text structure element involves two or more separate storylines linked by a common event, character, or theme. For example, Odysseus struggles to journey back to Ithaca. Meanwhile, Odysseus' wife Penelope struggles to fend off the suitors.
What is parallel plot?
The device exemplified in the following example is _________.
Your loud bellowing blew out my eardrums.
What is hyperbole or consonance?
This type of punctuation is needed in the sentence below.
Shannon brought the following line items ___ warm bread, garden salad, and fresh fruit.
What is a colon?
What is a dynamic character?
The literary device seen here: "Dreamers often lie... in bed asleep..."
What is a pun?
The device exemplified in the following example is _________.
I was distracted by Murray's popping and crunching a mouthful of Fizzbuster candies.
What is onomatopoeia?
The following sentence contains two of this type of clause.
Everyone is ready; let the games begin!
What is an independent clause?
An appeal to morals, character, ethics is called this.
What is ethos?
Elements of a text that hint at what is to come later on.
What is foreshadowing?
The literary device seen here: "The back of the truck was a dark cave" (Ivan).
What is a metaphor?
The device exemplified in the following example is _________.
"O hear me , Lord, blue girdler of the islands, if I am thine indeed, and thou art father: grant that Odysseus, raider of cities, never sees his home..."
What is an epithet?
The following sentence contains one of each of these types of clauses.
After we slept 8 hours, we felt very refreshed.
What are subordinate (dependent) and independent (main) clauses?
In an argument, this is the term for the writer's position on the issue.
What is a claim?
The literary device being used when Jay comes into the room soaking wet and says, "The weather is lovely today!"
What is verbal irony?
The device exemplified in the following example is _________.
Celeste heard a snake hissing softly near the house.
What is consonance or onomatopoeia?
The sentence below contains this type of repetition of a grammatical structure.
Andrew was a superior athlete, a high-achieving student, and an accomplished pianist.
What is parallelism?
In this section of an argument, the writer respectfully addresses the counterclaim and refutes or rebuts it.
What is a counterargument?
This suspense-building literary device is used when the audience knows more than a character - or knows something important that the character does not know.
What is dramatic irony?