Average Literary Elements Examples
The window winked at me.
a comparison between two unlike things that continues throughout a series of sentences in a paragraph, or lines in a poem
What is personification?
Giving human characteristics to something not human.
This poem is an example of?
Well, son, I’ll tell you:
Life for me ain’t been no crystal stair.
It’s had tacks in it,
And splinters,
And boards torn up,
And places with no carpet on the floor—
Bare.
But all the time
I’se been a-climbin’ on,
And reachin’ landin’s,
And turnin’ corners,
And sometimes goin’ in the dark
Where there ain’t been no light.
So boy, don’t you turn back.
Don’t you set down on the steps
’Cause you finds it’s kinder hard.
Don’t you fall now—
For I’se still goin’, honey,
I’se still climbin’,
And life for me ain’t been no crystal stair.
When you expect or say something but outcome is opposite.
Mom: We're Going on Vacation!
Son: Yay I can't wait!
Animal Farm is an.......
"There was a town down there, as flat as a funnel-cake, and called Summit of course" (Line 5).
“ I was still thinking about it while I was doing my homework that night. I had to read Great Expectations for English, and that kid Pip, he reminded me of us--- the way he felt marked lousy because he wasn't a gentleman or anything, and the way that girl kept looking down on him.” (From The Outsiders Page 14) What is the allusion in this Paragraph?
The allusion is to the book Great Expectations.
A reference to a famous work (book, song, movie, etc). Can be direct or indirect (hinted)
This an example of...
"I drink to the general joy o' the whole table."
(from Macbeth)
In Shakespeare’s Macbeth, the audience knows that Macbeth acts loyal to Duncan while planning his murder.
This is an example of which kind of Irony?
What literary element is in this excerpt from Paul Revere's Ride?
A glimmer, and then a gleam of light!
He springs to the saddle, the bridle he turns,
But lingers and gazes, till full on his sight
A second lamp in the belfry burns!
A hurry of hoofs in a village-street,
A shape in the moonlight, a bulk in the dark,
And beneath from the pebbles, in passing, a spark
From "The Ransome of Red Chief"
"you bring Johnny home and pay me two hundred and fifty dollars in cash" (line 306-307).This is an example of which kind of irony?
Cruel to be kind, Pain for pleasure, Pretty ugly, are all examples of what?
refers to polite, indirect expressions that replace words and phrases considered harsh and impolite, or which suggest something unpleasant
Two words that contradict each other and put together as one saying.
This quote from Animal Farm is an example of?
“For the time being,” he explains, “it had been found necessary to make a readjustment of rations.”
Your parents pretend not to know you damaged the car, and ask a series of seemingly innocent questions that eventually lead to your confession.
What type of Irony is this?