Literary terms
starting with P
starting with P
What is the literary device used in the phrase 'I quit my job at Nike, I just couldn‛t do it anymore.'
What is a pun?
What is a literary device where one uses "like" or "as" to compare two different things.
What is a simile?
An extravagant exaggeration.
What is Hyperbole?
Paints a picture in the reader's mind.
What is Imagery?
A word derived from a sound.
What is Onomatopoeia?
What is the literary device used in the phrase 'Your laptop is sleeping.
What is personification?
What is a literary device that compares two unrelated things.
What is a metaphor?
What term refers to phrases or words that are identical in grammatical form.
What is Parallel Structure?
Words chosen for their power to reveal attitude or tone.
What is Diction?
When the main character of a story suddenly vividly recalls a moment in their lives.
What is a Flashback?
A term that seems self-contradictory but is true.
What is a paradox?
An indirect or implied reference to an event, a person, or to a part of another text.
What is an allusion?
This term describes the order of all the pieces in a sentence.
What is Sentence Structure?
There are three types but all fall under one name.
What is Irony?
What is the literary device used in the phrase 'Busy bee is buzzing around the bed.'
What is alliteration?
Who is the character that drives the main plot of a story.
What is a protagonist?
This literary device compares things that are seemingly unrelated. It differs from other devices since it doesn't just describe but also gives provides an explanation.
What is Analogy?
Repetition of vowel sounds.
What is Assonance?
Language-specific to a group can be difficult for outsiders to understand.
What is Jargon?
Replaces harsher words that are upsetting or unpleasant.
What is Euphemism?
It's the angle or perspective from which the story is narrated.
What is the point of View?
This is a literary device that highlights the differences between two things.
What's a juxtaposition?
A short story or event.
What is Anecdote?
Meaning extrapolated from contradictory terms.
What is Oxymoron?
The meaning of the object, person, situation, or action differs outside of the story.
What is symbolism?