Literary Devices
Giving human attributes to a non-human thing.
What is personification?
This includes your position and reason(s).
What is a thesis?
This is a paragraph in a poem.
What is a stanza?
This is another word for a(n) main or independent clause; it can stand on its own.
What is a simple sentence?
Use this strategy when you are reading a passage.
What is GIST?
This occurs when the reader expects one outcome but encounters another, usually opposite of what was expected.
What is irony?
You use this strategy to write your body paragraphs.
What is ACE?
The length or rhythm of a line in relation to the other lines in the poem.
What is meter?
This clause contains a subject and a verb, yet it cannot stand on its own.
What is a dependent clause?
Words that need to be capitalized?
What is proper nouns, proper adjectives, college courses, holidays, months?
What is a simile?
This statement expresses the opposition's opinion and demonstrates your full understanding of the issue at hand.
What is the counter argument?
This type of language allows the reader to imagine the action with their five senses.
What is sensory language/imagery?
This sentence contains two independent clauses joined together by either a conjunction or semicolon.
What is a fragment?
The repetition of an initial consonant sound.
What is alliteration?
Using these words or phrases before moving onto another topic or paragraph makes for smoother shifting between ideas.
What are transitions?
This is the pattern in which the sound of end words of each line sound the same.
What is rhyme scheme?
This sentence contains one independent clause and one dependent clause.
What is a complex sentence?
What is a run-on?
When a contradictory or opposite terms appear side-by-side.
What is oxymoron?
This is the last sentence of your essay. It tells the reader what they must do if they agree with your position.
What is the call to action?
The type of language a poet uses; it requires analysis to discover its hidden meaning.
What is poetic/figurative language?
This sentence contains at least one dependent clause and two independent clauses.
Name three ways to fix a run-on.
What is comma & fanboy, semicolon, period, or subordinating conjunction?