Literary Devices I
A comparison between 2 unlike things that does NOT use the words "like" or "as."
Metaphor
Using words to imitate sounds.
A group of lines in a poem separated by a double space.
Stanza
Peter Piper picked a pack of pickled peppers.
Alliteration
Life is a rollercoaster, full of ups and downs, twists and turns.
Metaphor
The repetition of initial consonant sounds
Alliteration
When phrases are not meant to be taken literally and have a completely different meaning from the literal meaning.
Idiom
A Japanese 3-line poem that follows a 5-7-5 syllable format.
Haiku
Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof,
Clap along if you feel like happiness is the truth
Simile
I hate this app, it is not cooperating with me!
Personification
An extreme exaggeration
Hyperbole
A comparison between 2 unlike things using the words "like" or "as."
Simile
The use of any of the 5 senses in descriptive writing.
Imagery
Crash, boom, bam!
Onomatopoeia
The air felt icy cold, stinging my nose and cheeks as the wind whipped my air into a mess.
Imagery
The term used to describe human attributes given to non-human things?
Personification
A combination of 2 contradictory terms.
Oxymoron
The author's attitude towards a subject.
Tone
I used to be addicted to soap, but I'm clean now.
Pun
I'm so busy, I have a million things to do today!
Hyperbole
The term for making something mean more than what it is.
Symbol or Symbolism
The repetition of vowel sounds.
Assonance
A humorous play of words that uses multiple meanings of words to make a joke.
Pun
Oxymoron
Idiom