Literary Technique
This comparison device explicitly connects two different things using the words "like" or "as".
Simile
Appeals to reason through facts, data, statistics, and clear organization.
Logos
What is the narrator's name?
Holden Caldwell
An author uses this technique when they give human characteristics, emotions, or behaviors to non-human objects or animals.
Personification
Appeals to feelings like sympathy, anger, hope, or fear to connect with the audience.
Pathos
What subject does Mr.Spencer teach?
History
In exact opposite and contrast to something or someone.
Antithesis
Appeals to ethics, authority, and trust so the speaker or writer seems reliable and qualified.
Ethos
Who is Holden's roommate at Pencey?
Stradlater
Starting a sentence with the descriptive words with the same first letter.
Assimilation
What technique is this? "As a practicing structural engineer with over fifteen years of bridge-design experience, I can assure you that this retrofit method meets every safety standard required by state inspectors."
Ethos
Ackley
Three different words that can tell where someone is, possession, or a person's condition.
There, Their, They're
What technique is this? "Investing in energy-efficient infrastructure reduces long-term overhead, as municipal data shows that cities transitioning to LED street lighting experience a 60% reduction in energy consumption and save an average of $250,000 annually in maintenance costs."
Logos
Who puts their kings in the back during checkers.
Jane