Literary Devices
This device is a repeated sound at the beginning of words.
What is alliteration?
This visual feature uses different hues and shades to create mood and meaning.
This voice feature refers to how high or low your voice sounds, and can change to show excitement, seriousness, or emotion.
What is pitch?
The film begins with the father struggling to do his daughter’s hair before the audience learns why the mother is absent, creating curiosity and emotional impact.
How is structuring and sequencing used in Hair Love?
This device compares two things using “like” or “as”.
What is a simile?
This visual feature refers to how objects and characters are positioned in a scene.
What is arrangement?
This feature refers to how loud or soft your voice is when speaking.
What is volume?
This refers to how a story is built (beginning, middle, end, or something different).
What is structure?
This device exaggerates for dramatic effect.
What is a hyperbole?
This visual feature refers to the position of the camera when viewing a subject.
What is an angle?
This voice feature refers to how fast or slow someone speaks during a presentation.
What is pace?
This music video moves between scenes of Romeo and Juliet–style fantasy and modern performance shots to gradually build the romantic narrative.
How is structure/sequencing used in Love Story?
When an object represents a deeper meaning, this device is used.
What is symbolism?
A ________ is created by lines, movement, or gaze that lead the viewer’s eye.
What is a vector?
This vocal feature shows the speaker’s attitude or feeling, such as serious, excited, or persuasive.
What is tone?
This film slowly reveals the pressure placed on Cleopatra to change her appearance, building toward the final moment where beauty standards are challenged.
How is the film Nobody Nose Cleopatra sequenced?
This device gives human qualities to non-human objects.
What is personification?
Warm colours like red, orange, and yellow often create this feeling.
What colours create warmth, excitement or energy?
A speaker pauses and slows down to build suspense before revealing their main idea.
What is pace?