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A literary device that uses the letter sounds of a word to imitate the natural sound emitted from an object or action. Ex. Wow!!, BUM!
Onomatopoeia
A figure of speech that describes an object or action in a way that isint literally true, but helps explain an idea or make comparison. Ex. He's a couch potato.
Metaphor
Visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work that appeals to the 5 senses. Ex " The sweater was nice and fuzzy.
Imagery
A literary devices that gives human characteristics to non-humans things or inanimate objects.
Personification
A figure of speech that compares two unlike things using the words " like" OR "as".
Ex. You were brave as a lion.
Simile
A literacy device in which a word or phrase is used multiple times
Ex. I have a dream that my four little children will
I have a dream that one day
I have a dream today
Repetition
The correspondence of two or more words with similar sounding final syllables placed so as to echo one another.
Rhyme
The emotion the author strives to evoke in the reader.
Mood
The attitude that a character or narrator or author takes towards a given subject.
Tone
The objective meaning of a word.
Denotation
A feeling or idea that a word has, in addition to its literal or main meaning.
Connotation
The linguistic choices a writer makes to effectively convey an idea, a point of view, or tell a story.
Diction
A literary device in which a part of something is substituted for the whole.
Synecdoche
A literary device that uses symbols, be they words, people, marks, locations, or abstract ideas to represent something beyond the literal meaning.
Symbolism
A short lyric poem that praises an individual, an idea, or an event.
Ode
A pause in a line of poetry that is formed by the rhythms of natural speech rather that by metrics.
Caesura
A speech or address to a person who is not present or to a personified object.
Apostrophe
A pause at the end of a poetic line.
End-stops
A line, phrase, or single word that is represented periodically within the poem to build up drama , emphasis , or rhythm.
Refrain
Uses the repetition or short phrases or single words at the beginning of clauses or sentences to enhance a rhythm and evoke audience emotional participation in the literary work.
Anaphora
A poetic term for the continuation of a sentence or phrase from one line of poetry to the next.
Enjambment
Figure of speech in which the name of an object or concept is replaced with a word closely related to or suggested by the original.
Metonymy