Literary devices!
A comparison using "like" or "as"
What is simile?
Giving human characteristics to something non-human
What is personfication?
"Wearily wandering wolves"
What is alliteration?
An exaggerated statement
What is hyperbole?
Hat Cat Sat is an example of this literary device
What is rhyme?
"There's bitter butter in this batter"
What is alliteration?
TRUE OR FALSE: a theme of the short stories we read is "ethical dilemmas"
What is true?
The underlying meaning behind the text
What is theme?
Language that evokes a mental image of any of the five senses
What is imagery?
Jumbo shrimp is an example of this
What is an oxymoron?
Apparently contradictory terms that appear directly alongside one another
What is an oxymoron?
An offhand reference to a person/place/event/another work of literature within a text
What is an allusion?
An appeal to the audiences’ emotions
What is pathos?
Direct comparisons that state one thing is another.
What is metaphor?
The use of an object or phenomenon to represent a more abstract idea.
What is symbolism?
TRUE OR FALSE: irony is when the audience knows something is happening before the character themselves knows
What is false?
"the wind danced across the field" is an example of this
What is personification
"There's no "I" in team" is an example of this literary device
What is cliche?
An appeal to the audiences’ reasoning
What is logos?
The word blue in the statement "I'm feeling blue" is the example of the use of this literary device
What is connotation?
The clouds wept their heavy tears on that dark, dreary day she first heard the terrible news.
What is pathetic fallacy?
I'm sure I turned off the oven... I did, didn't I? I hope my house is still there and I don't come back to a smoking pile of ash! I need to go back... I'll just tell my boss I'm going home.
What is stream of consciousness?
Animal Farm describes the political climate 50 years ago in Russia.
What is allegory?
One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.
What is antithesis?
I'm so sorry to hear your auntie passed away last week.
What is euphemism?