LITERARY DEVICE 1
A figure of speech that directly compares two seemingly unrelated things by stating that one thing is another.
What is METAPHOR?
Refers to the time and place in which the events of a story take place.
What is SETTING?
Questions that doesn’t require an answer.
What is RHETORICAL QUESTION?
Using the same word or phrase over and over again in a piece of writing or speech.
What is REPETITION?
appeal the authority or credibility
What is ETHOS?
Vivid and descriptive language that appeals to the senses, allowing readers to visualize scenes, characters, and experiences more vividly.
What is IMAGERY?
Objects, characters, figures, or events that convey a deeper meaning or a particular message.
What is SYMBOLISM?
A brief story, usually told from one person or character to another.
What is ANECDOTE?
The repetition of identical or similar sounds at the end of words.
What is RHYME?
appeal to emotions
What is PATHOS?
A figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for emphasis or effect.
What is HYPERBOLE?
Narrative technique where the storyline temporarily shifts from the present moment to a previous time.
What is FLASHBACK?
A brief or casual reference to a famous person, group, historical event, place, or work of art.
What is ALLUSION?
The repetition of the same sound or letter at the beginning of several words in a sequence.
Eg: “this sweltering summer”
What is ALLITERATION?
appeal to logic and fact
What is LOGOS?
Human qualities or characteristics are attributed to non-human entities, objects, or concepts.
What is PERSONIFICATION?
A literary device used to hint at events yet to come - readers to keep guessing.
What is FORESHADOWING?
Words or phrases are repeated in succession and agree in both grammar and meaning.
Eg: I came, I saw, I conquered.
What is PARALLELISM?
The repetition of a word or words at the beginning of successive phrases or sentences.
Eg: Go big or go home.
What is ANAPHORA?
Conveys a meaning opposite to the literal one.
What is IRONY?
An object, image, sound, or phrase that is repeated throughout a story.
What is MOTIF?
This is when a writer or speaker uses evidence from credible research or surveys.
What are FACTS & STATISTICS?
Continuation of a sentence or clause across a line break.
Eg:
When he shall die,
Take him and cut him out in little stars,
And he will make the face of heaven so fine
That all the world will be in love with night
And pay no worship to the garish sun.
What is ENJAMBMENT?