Comparison
Makes an explicit comparison using "like" or "as."
What is a simile?
The repetition of initial consonant sounds in nearby words.
What is alliteration?
The same word or phrase recurring for emphasis.
What is repetition?
The time, location, and context of a story.
What is setting?
Makes an implicit comparison, stating that one thing IS another rather than just resembling it.
What is a metaphor?
A word that imitates or resembles the sound it describes.
What is onomatopoeia?
Language that appeals to one or more of the senses, including figurative language.
What is imagery?
Individual words an author selects
What is diction?
Gives human qualities, feelings, or actions to something nonhuman.
What is personification?
The patterned rhythm of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry.
What is meter?
The overall attitude a passage's language conveys toward its subject.
What is tone?
An early hint or detail that points toward something to come later in the text.
What is foreshadowing?
A concrete object, person, or image that represents an idea larger than itself.
What is a symbol?
The repetition specifically of vowel sounds within nearby words.
What is assonance?
Deliberate exaggeration used for emphasis, not meant to be taken literally.
What is hyperbole?
A brief reference to another text, event, or figure that the reader is expected to recognize.
What is an allusion?
This device sustains and develops a single comparison across several lines, an entire passage, or a full story. (hint: it is a version of another comparison device in this category)
What is an extended metaphor?
A line of poetry that runs into the next without a pause or end punctuation.
What is enjambment?
The association a word holds beyond its literal meaning.
What is connotation?
A recurring image, phrase, or idea that develops a theme as it accumulates across a text.
What is a motif?