Literary Devices
A comparison using 'like' or 'as'.
What is a simile
The part of speech that describes a noun or pronoun.
What is an adjective?
Synonym for 'happy'.
What is joyful?
Giving human traits to non-human things.
What is personification?
The tense used for actions happening right now
What is present tense?
Antonym of 'ancient'.
What is modern?
The repetition of initial consonant sounds in neighboring words.
What is alliteration?
This punctuation is used to link two independent clauses.
What is a semicolon?
A word that means 'exceeding what is necessary'.
What is superfluous?
An indirect reference to a well-known person, event, or literary work.
What is an allusion?
The term for a verb form that functions as an adjective in a sentence.
What is a participle?
Word for a literature lover.
What is bibliophile?
The use of hints or clues to suggest what will happen later in a story.
What is foreshadowing?
A pronoun that does not refer to any specific person, amount, or thing.
What is an indefinite pronoun?
A word meaning an inability to make a mistake.
What is infallibility?