It's LIT!
"The boy ran like the wind" is an example of this literary term
What is a SIMILE?
The use of descriptive detail to create a vivid image in the reader's mind, using the five sense
Imagery
The line "I must be cruel only to be kind" is an example of what literary device?
Paradox
The literary device defined as: repetition of one or more words at the beginning of consecutive phrases, clauses, or sentences.
Anaphora
"Life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly" is an example of this literary term
What is a METAPHOR?
"Whisper words of wisdom, let it be!"
Alliteration
At 6:00am the alarm clock that sat on the table beside my bed sprung to life and sang a wake-up song
Personification
This literary device is defined as: a mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing.
Euphemism
When something nonhuman is given human characteristics it is called this
Personification
There was so much traffic, it took me years to get home from work today.
Hyperbole
The word to describe an author's attitude towards a subject in a given text
TONE
Taylor Swift's lyrics "That you were Romeo, you were throwing pebbles / And my daddy said, "Stay away from Juliet" is an example of what literary device?
Allusion
A contradiction between what is expected and what happens in reality or between what is said and what is really meant describes this literary term
Irony
Shakespeare is known for this especially in plays like Macbeth; he introduces evil, violent or suspicious characters and includes stage directions including: night time, fog, loud bursts of thunder and lightning.
Pathetic Fallacy
The line "Being late was his Achilles’ Heel" is an example of what literary device?
Allusion
"Have you heard about the new shovel? It's GROUNDBREAKING" is an example of what literary device?
A PUN
When future events are suggested by the author before they happen
Foreshadowing
"I am not very patient, but everyone has their Achilles' Heel."
ALLUSION
A knight has both of his arms sliced off in battle and jokes - "Ah, it's just a flesh wound." What kind of irony is this?
Verbal irony
"For all the billions of dollars created here, Silicon Valley is remarkably STINGY when it comes to spending." Stingy has a negative connotation.
Replace the word STINGY with a word with a more positive connotation!
OR find a synonym to replace stingy that also carries a NEGATIVE connotation.
Careful, economical, reasonable, cost-effective, sensible, cautious
OR
Frugal, cheap, tight-fisted, miserly.