Literary Features 1
Literary Features 2
Literary Features 3
Literary Features 4
Literary Features 5
100
A figure of speech in the form of a question that is asked in order to make a point.
What is a rhetorical question
100
a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.
"The black sheep of the family"
What is a metaphor
100
a phrase that uses the words like or as to describe someone or something by comparing it with someone or something else that is similar
What is a similie
100
"of the people, by the people, for the people" is an example of this literary device
What is parallelism
100
Two very different things or characters, placed next to each other with the purpose of contrasting each other.
What’s good for the goose is good for the gander.
All’s fair in love and war
What is juxtaposition?
200
When the opposite of what is expected to happen, happens
What is irony.
200
An appeal based on a person or character.
What is ethos
200
An emotional appeal.
What is pathos.
200
The major category in which a literary work fits.
What is genre
200
Metaphorically giving human characteristics to inanimate objects.
The Sun smiled down on her
What is personification
300
Also known as "yoda-speak"
“Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing.”
What is anastrophe
300
The techniques and rules for using language effectively -- also viewed as persuasive speech
What is rhetoric
300
A reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary, or political significance
What is allusion
300
The central idea or message of a work, the insight it offers into life.
What is theme.
300
The sentence or group of sentences that express the author's main point
What is thesis.
400
A deliberate exaggeration to prove a point.
What is a hyperbole.
400
This is sensory description. Can be any sense, not necessarily sight.
What is a imagery.
400
The use of components in a sentence that are grammatically the same; or similar in their construction, sound, meaning, or meter
What is parallelism
400
A story or brief episode told by the writer.
What is an anecdote.
400
The repetition of "We have..." at the beginning of phrases in "The Gettysburg Address" is an example of this rhetorical device.
What is anaphora?
500
Giving human characteristics to something not human
What is personification.
500
Short witty saying.
“if it ain't broke, don't fix it.”
"Actions speak louder than words."
What is an aphorism?
500
An appeal to reason
What is logos.
500
The word, phrase, or clause that a pronoun refers to -- for example the "He has..." in the Declaration of Independence referred to King George III
What is an antecedent.
500
This is the speaker's attitude in the writing
What is tone.
600
Symbol, concept, or image that recurs throughout the novel and helps develop the theme of the narrative.
What is a motif
600
This is when two or more phrases or clauses have similar structure, rhythm, and even length.
They stack up perfectly.
"Veni. Vidi. Vici."
What is an Isocolon
600
The use of informal language or slang in writing, often but not always to used in dialogue
What is colloquialism?
600
Writing meant to make fun of some aspect of human nature or society — usually through exaggeration, ridicule, or irony.
What is Satire
600
Giving a non-human (inanimate or animate) literal human characteristics.
Mickey Mouse
What is Anthromorphism
700
The signature literary device of the double negative. Writers use them to express certain sentiments through their opposites, by saying that that opposite is not the case.
“You won’t be sorry” (meaning you’ll be happy); “you’re not wrong” (meaning you’re right); “I didn’t not like it” (meaning I did)
What are Litotes
700
When a word or phrase is broken up by an interjecting word
Abso-freaking-lutely
What is Tmesis
700
When a sentence or short paragraph repeats a word or phrase, expressing the same idea twice. Often, this is a sign that you should trim your work to remove the redundancy (such as “frozen ice”) but can also be used for poetic emphasis.
"But the fact is I was napping, and so gently you came rapping, And so faintly you came tapping, tapping at my chamber door"
What is Tautology
700
A literary device that plays with the sounds and meanings of words to produce new, often humorous ideas. 
What is a pun
700
The running-over of a sentence or phrase from one poetic line to the next, without terminal punctuation
the back wings
of the
hospital where
nothing
will grow lie
cinders
in which shine
the broken
pieces of a green
bottle
What is enjambment?