Repetition & Structure
This literary device repeats a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses.
What is Anaphora?
When an author compares two unlike things without using “like” or “as,” this device is being used.
What is a Metaphor?
This literary device places two opposing or different elements next to each other to highlight their differences or similarities.
What is Justaposition?
This is a writer's or speaker's deliberate choice of words. When identifying it, you should always name the type.
What is Diction?
This device uses repeated grammatical structures in successive phrases or sentences to create rhythm and emphasis.
What is Parallelism?
“I have told you a million times to clean your room!” is an example of this device because the statement is greatly exaggerated.
What is Hyperbole?
This general term describes two opposing ideas being placed together.
Answer: What is Contradiction?
What is Contradiction?
A short, amusing, or interesting story about a real incident or person is called this.
What is an Anecdote?
This literary device deliberately repeats words, phrases, or lines to create emphasis, rhythm, or memorability.
What is Repetition?
This device uses descriptive or figurative language to help the reader picture, hear, smell, taste, or feel something.
What is Imagery?
When an author briefly and indirectly refers to a famous person, place, event, artwork, or literary work that the audience is expected to recognize, this device is used.
What is an Allusion?
When a character speaks directly to an absent person, an object, or an abstract idea as though it can hear and understand, this device is being used.
What is Apostrophe?
This device occurs when the same letter or sound appears at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
What is Alliteration?
This device intentionally makes something seem less important or serious than it really is, sometimes creating humor or irony.
What is Understatement?
This device highlights a contrast between what appears to be true and what is actually true, or between what is expected and what really happens.
What is Irony?
This can occur when an author's tone or the mood of a text changes, or when the writer changes pronouns such as “I,” “you,” or “they.”
What are Shifts (Tone or Pronouns)?