Literary Devices
This device gives human qualities to non-human things.
Personification
A poem of 14 lines.
Sonnet
A word that replaces a noun.
Pronoun
This author wrote Romeo and Juliet.
William Shakespeare
What is 'elated?'
Very happy
A contrast between expectation and reality.
Irony
The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables.
Meter
The past tense of 'go.'
Went
This novel features Bilbo Baggins.
The Hobbit
What is 'ambigiuous?'
Unclear or vague
A reference to another text within a text.
Intertextuality
When a sentence continues onto the next line without pause.
Enjambment
A sentence with one independent clause.
A simple sentence
This dystopian novel includes Big Brother.
1984
What is 'concise?'
Brief and to the point
When something represents a deeper meaning beyond itself.
Symbolism
A comparison using 'like' or 'as.'
Simile
Words like 'and,' 'but,' and 'because.'
Conjunctions
The author of To Kill a Mockingbird.
Harper Lee
What is 'ambidextrous?'
Able to use both hands equally well.
A narrator who cannot be trusted.
Unreliable narrator
The emotional atmosphere of a poem.
Mood
A modifier that is incorrectly placed in a sentence.
A dangling modifier
This Shakespearean play features the Prince of Denmark who seeks revenge for his father's murder.
Hamlet
Someone who opposes or critisises.
Antagonist