Name That Device part 1
The repetition of the initial/first consonant. There should be at least two repetitions in a row.
Alliteration
Giving human qualities to animals or objects
Personification
The use of a specific object or image to represent abstract ideas. It must be something tangible or visible, while the idea it symbolizes must be something abstract or universal.
Symbolism
The daffodils nodded their yellow heads.
Personification
The cat's eyes were jewels, gleaming in the darkness
metaphor
The repetition of similar vowel sounds in a sentence.
Assonance
A figure of speech involving a comparison between unlike things using like, as, or as though
Simile
Where a specific word, phrase, or structure is repeated several times, to emphasize a particular idea
Repetition
She floated in like a cloud
Simile
The burning wood crackled and hissed
onomatopoeia
A figure of speech involving exaggeration
Hyperbole
Language which describes something in detail, using words to substitute for and create sensory simulation, including visualization and sounds
Imagery
What does "stanza" mean in Italian?
room
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers
Alliteration
A comparison in which one thing is said to be another.
Metaphor
The atmosphere or emotional condition created by the piece, within the setting
Mood
men sell the wedding bells
assonance
The use of words to imitate the sounds they describe.
Onomatopoeia
The apparent emotional state or "attitude" of the speaker/narrator/narrative voice, as conveyed through the language of the piece
tone
I have a million things to do today!
hyperbole