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Literary Devices 1
Literary Devices 2
Figurative Language
Elements
Pot Pourri
100
Tools of the poet’s trade
What is Poetic Techniques?
100
A object or idea that carries a deeper meaning
What is Symbol?
100
A comparison between two things without using like or as
What is Metaphor?
100
Giving human characteristics to non-human things
What is Personification
100
A humorous poem with only five lines
What is Limerick?
200
Gives words more meaning and depth
What is Figurative Language?
200
Words that trigger visual/sensory images
What is Imagery?
200
Words that seemingly contradict one another
What is Oxymoron?
200
Minimizes what we know to be true, opposite of hyperbole
What is Understatement?
200
The emotional coloring of a poem
What is Tone?
300
The dictionary meaning of a word
What is Denotation?
300
The repetition of the same first letter sound
What is Alliteration?
300
A comparison between two things using like or as
What is Simile?
300
Collection of lines (like a paragraph in prose)
What is a Stanza?
300
The events of a story
What is Plot?
400
A second meaning of a word
What is Connotation?
400
A reference to another literary work intended to give more meaning
What is Allusion?
400
Exaggeration/overstatement meant to place emphasis
What is Hyperbole?
400
Repetition of ending sounds
What is Rhyme?
400
When the audience knows something that the characters do not know
What is Dramatic Irony?
500
The repetition of vowel sounds (anywhere in words)
What is Assonance?
500
Overly emotional ideas, indulging in emotion for its own sake
What is Sentimentality?
500
Words that sound like what they mean
What is Onomatopoeia?
500
A wavelike repetition of sounds
What is Rhythm?
500
A way of placing emphasis on words and syllables that creates a repetitive rhythm
What is Meter?