Function of Literary Devices 1
Function of Literary Devices 2
Function of Literary Devices 3
Identify the Literary Devices 1
Function of Literary Devices 5
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This literary device enables writers or poets to simplify complex ideas and emotions by comparing the emotions of the writer or poet to the references given by them.
What are biblical and/or mythological allusions?
100
The function of this literary device is to build anticipation in the minds of readers about what might happen next and thus adding dramatic tension to a story. It is deliberately employed to create suspense in mystery novels. Sometimes this literary device can make extraordinary and bizarre events appear credible as the events are predicted beforehand, so that readers are mentally prepared for them.
What is foreshadowing?
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This literary device creates a musical effect in the text that enhances the pleasure of reading a literary piece. It makes reading and recitation of the poems attractive and appealing; thus, making them easier to learn by heart. Furthermore, it renders flow and beauty to a piece of writing.
What is alliteration?
100
“Child is father of the man”
What is paradox?
100
The dove can represent peace. A red rose or red color stands for love or romance. Black represents evil or death. A ladder may stand for a connection between the heaven and the earth. A broken mirror may represent separation
What is symbolism?
200
The use of this patterned type of character and/or situation gives a literary work a universal acceptance, as readers identify the characters and situations in their social and cultural context.
What is an archetype?
200
Using this literary device attracts the attention and appeals directly to the senses of listeners or readers encouraging their imagination to comprehend what is being communicated. This literary device also offers variety in our ways of thinking and offers new perspectives of viewing the world.
What is a simile?
200
This literary device uses words to convey ideas in different ways from the common words and expressions of daily life. Thus, it conveys meaning more vividly than ordinary speech. When contrasting ideas are brought together, the idea is expressed more emphatically.
What is antithesis?
200
“Don’t act like a Romeo in front of her.”
What is an allusion?
200
This is created with these two descriptions. “There was no moon, and everything beneath lay in misty darkness: not a light gleamed from any house, far or near all had been extinguished long ago: and those at Wuthering Heights were never visible… “Gimmerton chapel bells were still ringing; and the full, mellow flow of the beck in the valley came soothingly on the ear. It was a sweet substitute for the yet absent murmur of the summer foliage, which drowned that music about the Grange when the trees were in leaf.”
What is mood?
300
In fiction, this type of character is important in the development of characters because the comparison of the contrasting traits of the characters helps the readers to not only understand their personalities but also to comprehend the importance of their roles in a work of literature.
What is a foil?
300
This literary device gives poetry a typical symmetry that differentiates poetry from prose.
What is rhyme?
300
The writer employs this literary device to reiterate the significance of an idea or theme; to make the structure of poetry or prose appealing for the reader; to add a lyrical feeling to the poetry that otherwise cannot be added. It is related to alliteration and assonance in its purpose.
What is consonance?
300
The Hero: He or she is a character who predominantly exhibits goodness and struggles against evil in order to restore harmony and justice to society e.g. Beowulf, Hercules, D’artagnan from “The Three Musketeers” etc.
What is an archetype?
300
“What light from yonder window breaks?” instead of using a common expression “What light breaks from yonder window?”
What is syntax?
400
A writer or a poet uses this literary device to make common human feelings remarkable and intense to such an extent that they do not remain ordinary. In literature, this literary device develops contrasts. When one thing is described with an over-statement and the other thing is presented normally, a striking contrast is developed. This technique is employed to catch the reader’s attention.
What is hyperbole?
400
This literary device gives a writer freedom to add double levels of meanings to his work: a literal one that is self-evident and the symbolic one whose meaning is far more profound than the literal one.
What is symbolism?
400
This literary device brings about some added meanings to a situation by presenting the opposite of what is expected. This literary device usually makes a work of literature more intriguing and forces the readers to use their imagination and comprehend the underlying meanings of the texts.
What is irony?
400
“Life were better ended by their hate, Than death prorogued, wanting of thy love” In the balcony scene, Juliet is concerned about Romeo’s safety as she fears her kinsmen may catch him. Romeo says, in the above lines, that he would rather have her love and die sooner than not obtain her love and die later. Eventually, he gets her love and dies for her love, too.
What is foreshadowing?
400
My brother was boiling mad. The assignment was a breeze. It is going to be clear skies from now on. The skies of his future began to darken. Her voice is music to his ears.
What is a metaphor?
500
The function of this literary device is to generate a vibrant and graphic presentation of a scene that appeals to as many of the reader’s senses as possible. It aids the reader’s imagination to envision the characters and scenes in the literary piece clearly.
What is imagery?
500
Writers use this literary device to try to bring abstract ideas or non-existent persons to life so that the nature of emotions they want to communicate gets across in a better way – because it is more convenient for the readers to relate themselves to the abstract emotions when they observe them in their natural surroundings.
What is apostrophe?
500
Readers enjoy more when they extract the hidden meanings out of the writing rather than something presented to them in an uncomplicated manner. Thus, the chief purpose of a this literary device is to give pleasure.
What is a paradox?
500
“He cried all night, and dawn found him still there, though his tears had dried and only hard, dry sobs shook his wooden frame. But these were so loud that they could be heard by the faraway hills…”
What is hyperbole?
500
Our soldiers are as brave as lions. Her cheeks are red like a rose. He is as funny as a monkey. The water well was as dry as a bone. He is as cunning as a fox.
What is a simile?
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