How does that sound?
She sells sea shells by the sea shore is an example of what literary device?
Alliteration
Spring being used to represent a clean slate would be an example of what literary device?
Symbol
She was like a butterfly slowly emerging from the sheltering cocoon of her hometown is an example of what literary device?
Simile
What do you call the narrator's attitude on the subject?
Tone
The trees whispered secrets to me as their leaves skipped across the pavement is an example of what literary device?
Personification
Soon the moon will look like a balloon is an example of what literary device?
Assonance
A character saying "What nice weather we are having" as they stare at a tornado would be an example of what literary device?
Verbal Irony
She was lightning streaking across the sky is an example of what literary device?
Metaphor
What do you call the atmosphere created for the reader?
Mood
No one goes there because it is too crowded is an example of what literary device?
Paradox
Rick was picked last to kick is an example of what literary device?
Consonance
The novel Beloved having "the four horsemen" coming to take Sethe and her children back into slavery would be an example of what literary device?
Allusion
Throughout the entire poem "Mother to Son" the author discusses life as a staircase with an easy life being a crystal stair but the speakers having torn up board, ripped carpet, and nails sticking out. What literary device would this be?
Extended metaphor
The literal definition of a word is known as what?
Denotation
A recurring element in a story is known as what?
A motif
Assonance deals with what type of letter sounds?
Vowels
A character falling through a hole (like Alice in Wonderland) but having everything normalize instead of getting more chaotic as a result would be an example of what literary device?
Situational irony
The crown often makes decisions without thinking about the little guy is an example of what literary device?
metonymy
What do you call the emotional value we place on words beyond their literal definition?
Connotation
She kicked the bucket is an example of what literary device?
Aphorism
Y'all fixen' to be ready for the test next week? Is an example of what literary device?
Dialect
Romeo killing himself because he believed Juliet to be dead even though we know it is the impact of the elixir she drank would be an example of what literary device?
Dramatic irony
Time is money, so spend it wisely is an example of what literary device?
Analogy
What do you call the intentional selection of words to create a specific impact?
Diction
The class will be taking a test on these literary device is an example of what literary device?
Synecdoche