Literary Devices Category 1
Her voice was music to his ears.
What is metaphor?
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
What is alliteration?
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.
The fire station burned down while the firefighters were out on a call.
What is situational irony?
Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary.
What is rhyme?
The wind murmured through the trees.
What is personification?
Cool pool, blue and deep, invites a drowsy mood for sleep
What is assonance?
Ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country.
What is parallelism?
Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us...
What is symbolism?
I was within and without, simultaneously enchanted and repelled by the inexhaustible variety of life.
What is diction?
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What is contrast?
She was as brave as a lioness in battle.
What is simile?
The fair breeze blew, the white foam flew.
What is assonance?
We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields.
What is parallelism?
Bonus if you answer anaphora. :D
Water, water, everywhere, nor any drop to drink.
What is a paradox?
Umbridge: “Potter, do something! Tell them I mean no harm.”
Harry: “I'm sorry, Professor. But I must not tell lies.”.
What is verbal irony?
The cafeteria was a zoo during lunch break.
What is metaphor?
The thunder rumbled and roared across the sky.
What is onomatopoeia?
Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears.
What is apostrophe?
This is a valley of ashes - a fantastic farm where ashes grow like wheat into ridges and hills and grotesque gardens.
What is imagery?
From early morning the sky had been overcast with clouds; the day was still, cool, and wearisome, as usual on grey, dull days when the clouds hang low over the fields and it looks like rain, which never comes.
Life is a marathon. We go through it one step at a time, surpassing each mile marker like a milestone, with others encouraging us along the way.
What is an extended metaphor?
In the deep darkness, deeds were done.
What is alliteration?
How can we expect children to learn without proper resources?
What is rhetorical question?
By seven o'clock the orchestra had arrived – no thin five-piece affair but a whole pit full of oboes and trombones and saxophones and viols and cornets and piccolos and low and high drums.
What is polysyndeton?
“We can have everything."
"No, we can't."
"We can have the whole world."
"No, we can't."
"We can go everywhere."
"No, we can't. It isn't ours any more."
What is dialogue?