Literary Devices 1
Literary Devices 2
Literary Devices 3
Literary Devices 4
Literary Devices 5
Ethos Pathos Logos
100
I waited in line for a million hours until it was my turn.
hyperbole
100
You are the sun, moon, and stars to me.
metaphor
100
The curtains in the window are waving hello to us.
personification
100
My life is an open book; I have no secrets.
metaphor
100
My parents are too strict; my house is a prison.
metaphor
100
Pictures of wounded puppies
Pathos
200
The tree branches danced in the wind.
personification
200
I was so hungry, I even ate the plate.
hyperbole
200
The car was as fast as a jet soaring through the sky.
simile
200
My hair would not cooperate this morning.
personification
200
This meal is awfully delightful.
Oxymoron
200
Air Jordans
Ethos
300
The drums were like a thunderstorm.
simile
300
He is a library of information about athletes.
metaphor
300
The dog destroyed the deadly dragon.
Alliteration
300
She walked in the room like a supermodel on a catwalk.
simile
300
He strolled around the school as slowly as a snail stuck in molasses
simile
300
Scenes of players jumping up and down after a victory
Pathos
400
There were a million people in line in front of me to see the new Avengers movie
hyperbole
400
a comparison of two different things using "like" or "as"
simile
400
Her voice was music to his ears.
metaphor
400
Bacon sizzled on the pan.
onomatopoeia
400
Your love pours down on me, surrounds me like a waterfall.
simile
400
Mr. Gilbert's two degrees in English
Ethos
500
The computer stared at me while a put off doing my homework.
personification
500
A man is laughing at an acquaintance who's son has just been arrested not being aware that his own son was arrested alongside the boy for the same crime.
irony
500
My sore feet were begging me to take a break.
personification
500
Their friendship is a rollercoaster ride.
metaphor
500
I'd rather take baths with a man-eating shark than do my homework.
hyperbole
500
Mr. Gilbert's 20 years of teaching experience.
Ethos
600
Her laughter was like a warm blanket or a familiar song.
Simile
600
I went to the shore, I went to the store, I went to the ocean, I went out the door.
Anaphora
600
I would burn my own eyebrows off before I let you pluck them.
hyperbole
600
This car goes faster than the speed of light.
Hyperbole
600
Her hair was a flowing golden river streaming down her shoulders.
Metaphor
600
Mr. Gilbert's puppy dog eyes
Pathos
700
Fair is foul and foul is fair
Alliteration
700
If I can't get a Smartphone, I will die.
Hyperbole
700
He pleaded for her forgiveness but Janet’s heart was ice.
metaphor
700
"Maybe I can ask you again when I'm older."
Alex smiled. "You'll have forgotten all about me by then."
Foreshadowing
700
The flaming hot cheetos were so hot, my tongue turned to ashes.
Hyperbole
700
Mr. Gilbert is undefeated against 7th graders in basketball.
Logos
800
Homesick curiosity /To the Souls that snow— What sound device is most prevalent in these lines.
Consonance
800
She dregs of her coffee seemed to be laughing at her.
*Dregs are the last bit of liquid in a cup
personification
800
The house reminded me of Buckingham Palace.
Allusion
800
Winning the World Series was a nice.
Understatement
800
Situational Irony
800
60% of the time it works every time.
Logos
900
“The squeaky wheel gets the grease”- the repetition of the long e sound here is an example of?
Assonance
900
"that fire which burn'd the Carthage Queen..." When Shakespeare references the Aeneid in this line he is using what literary device?
Allusion
900
The woman wondered why she waited so long.
Alliteration
900
That large house must have cost an arm and leg.
Idiom
900
Boom! Crash!
Onomatopoeia
900
Ethos Pathos and Logos are part of this triangle
Rhetorical