Literary Devices 1
Assigning human characteristics to non-living things
What is Personification?
Painting pictures with words
What is imagery?
Exaggeration or emphasis of certain words or phrases in literature.
What is hyperbole?
The contrasting of two different story elements in close proximity to one another.
what is juxtaposition?
"Its raining cats and dogs outside!"
What is a metaphor?
A comparison using "like" or "as".
What is a simile?
The repetition of vowel sounds in words that are close together in a sentence or verse.
What is assonance?
The use of people, places or objects to convey an idea or invoke an emotion.
What is symbolism?
When the flash sprints a loud "KRAKAKAKOOM" can be heard.
What is an onomatopoeia?
The evil stepmother in Cinderella
What is a motif?
The employment of two contrasting ideas in a story that can drive the plot forward.
What is Antithesis?
The audience knows that a killer has broken into the house before the characters do.
What is dramatic irony?
Never in a million years have I seen such a disrespectful person
What is "never in a million years?
A self-contradictory word or phrase in a sentence
What is an oxymoron?
He passed away peacefully in his sleep.
What is euphemism in "he passed away"
“My life were better ended by their hate, than death prorogued, wanting of thy love.”
What is foreshadowing in "Romeo and Juliet"?
Clary closed her cluttered clothes closet.
What is alliteration
Shin Godzilla in the 2016 film "Shin Godzilla"
What is an allegory for natural disaster?
"You're damned if you do, you're damned if you don't"
What is an anaphora?
I'm essentially the Jason Bourne to video games.
What is an allusion to the movie and character Jason Bourne?