Figurative Language & Literary Devices
A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.
What is a metaphor?
She's got a heart of gold.
What is a metaphor
An ordered pattern at the ends of lines or poems
What is Rhyme scheme
When in a sentence the first letter of the words are the same.
What is alliteration
The mouse went “squeak” as it ran across the room.
What is onomatopoeia
A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind using the words like or as.
What is a simile
They're like two peas in a pod.
What is a simile
A group of lines forming the basic unit of a poem
What is a Stanza
the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named
What is onomonapetia
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers
What is alliteration
visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work.visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work.
What is imagery
The sun smiled down on us.
What is personification
Two lines in the same meter, joined by a rhyme that form a unit
What is a Couplet
the writer's attitude or feelings about the subject matter and audience.
What is Tone
Dr. Sues book Green Eggs and Ham is full of this poetic device
What is repetition
The attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.
What is personification?
The warden's keys clanked as he walked past the cells.
What is imagery
A stanza of four lines and one having alternate rhymes
What is a quatrain
repetition of a consonant sound in words, phrases, sentences, or passages in prose and verse writing
What is consonance
The white rice was eaten by the mice
What is assonance.
An expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.
What is allusion
Sad rom-coms are my kryptonite.
What is allusion
A line, phrase, or single word that is periodically repeated in the poem to build up drama, emphasis, or rhythm
What is Refrain
the repetition of a word or words at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, or lines
What is anaphora
Go big or go home
What is anaphora