Sound devices in literature
'Boom! Splack!'
What is Onomatopeia?
'Her hair is gold'
What is metaphor?
'The leaves fell early that year' is an example of this.
What is foreshadowing?
An arrangement of lines of verse in a pattern usually repeated throughout the poem
what is a Stanza
'The last syllable or two in lines of verse that have similar sounds'
What is rhyme?
'You are as brave as a lion'
What is a simile?
'I can smell pizza from a mile away'
What is hyperbole?
A lyric poem of 14 lines, with rhymes according to certain definite patterns
What is a sonnet
'An apple after an almond'
What is alliteration?
'The tree danced with the rhythm of the wind'
What is personification?
A dove is an example and often represents this
What is a symbol?
An extended, uninterrupted speech by a character in a drama
what is a monologue
'Swooned, Spoonful'
what is Assonance?
'It is painfully beautiful'
What is an Oxymoron?
On a starry winter night in Madrid.
What is imagery?
A literary device often used in a drama whereby a character relates to his or her thoughts and feelings without addressing any of the other characters
What is a soliloquy
'O captain! my captain! Our fearful trip is done'
What is repetition?
'finding my car keys is like finding a needle in a haystack'
what is an analogy?
'I was surprised his nose was not growing like Pinoccio's'
What is allusion?
The character against whom the protagonist struggles against
what is an antagonist?