Literary Devices
Making a comparison using "like" or "as"
What is a simile?
The number of lines in a sonnet
What is 14?
Give an example of a simile.
What is ______________________________?
to behave in a way that belittles or degrades (someone).
What is abase?
Comparing two things without using "like" or "as"
What is a metaphor?
The number of quatrains in a sonnet.
What is 3?
Give an example of a metaphor.
What is __________________________________?
Brisk and cheerful readiness.
What is alacrity?
Using the same letter to start multiple words in a line. Example: The great, goat, gleefully galloped.
What is alliteration?
The number of couplets in a sonnet?
What is 1?
Give an example of alliteration.
What is _______________________________?
Difficult to understand
What is abstruse?
visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work.
What is imagery?
The topic of most Shakespearean Sonnets.
What is love?
Give an example of imagery
What is _____________________________?
modest or shy because of a lack of self-confidence.
What is diffident?
an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.
What is an allusion?
The rhyme scheme of a sonnet.
What is abab, cdcd, efef, gg?
Give an example of an allusion
What is ________________________________?
to accept something reluctantly but without protest
What is acquiesce?