Literary Devices Review

'isms

100

It's an object that is given a figurative meaning verse it's literal meaning 

SYMBOLISM

200

I am just like the two bars in gymnastics that is balanced but only with words or phrases.

PARALLELISM

300

Making something sound nicer than it really is.

EUPHEMISM

400

Short saying that tells you the truth

APHORISM

Got Character?

100

How the author develops the characters

CHARACTERIZATION

200

The author tells you everything you need to know about a character

DIRECT CHARACTERIZATION

300

When the author lets the reader figure out the character

INDIRECT CHARACTERIZATION

400

When you learn about the character through their words, tone, and personality 

VOICE

500

language that is characteristic of a certain group of people or place 

DIALECT

It's Rhetorical

100

Ask a question with an obvious answer that doesn't need to be responded to

RHETORICAL QUESTION

200

It is a number or a fact; your brain gets it

LOGIC

300

when the information makes you emotional 

PATHOS

400

You can't talk about something if you don't know about it.

ETHOS

500

Stop talking to something or someone that isn't there

APOSTROPHE