Figurative Language & Imagery
Definition: This device compares two unlike things using “like” or “as.”
Simile
The order in which events happen in a story.
Chronology
The author’s word choice.
Diction
An appeal to emotion.
Pathos
“Boom! Crash! Buzz!” What device is this?
Onomatopoeia
Example ID: “Time is a thief that steals our moments.” Name the 2 devices.
Metaphor and Personification
A story inside another story.
Frame Narrative
The arrangement of words in a sentence.
Syntax
An appeal to logic or reason.
Logos
A polite way of saying something unpleasant, like “passed away.”
Euphemism
This device gives human traits to non-human things.
Personification
A scene that jumps back to an earlier time.
Flashback
Repeating a word or phrase for emphasis.
Repetition
An appeal to the speaker’s credibility or trust.
Ethos
A common saying like “break the ice” that doesn’t mean exactly what it says.
Idiom
A hint of what will happen later in the story.
Foreshadowing
Ending a chapter at an exciting moment to keep readers hooked.
Cliffhanger
Repeating the beginning of a sentence or clause.
Repeating the beginning of a sentence or clause.
A question asked for effect, not for an answer.
Rhetorical Question
The author’s attitude toward the subject or audience.
Tone
A recurring image or idea that supports a theme.
Motif
A narrator who may not be telling the truth.
Unreliable Narrator
Leaving out conjunctions, as in “I came, I saw, I conquered.”
Asyndeton
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.” Name the device.
Antithesis
What is the difference between TONE and MOOD?
Tone is the author’s attitude toward the subject or audience, whereas the overall feeling a reader gets from a scene.