Literary Terms List 2 Review

Example: "Twenty sails came into the harbor this morning."

Repetition of initial consonant sounds

Deliberate exaggeration for effect

Links an object or experience to something else

The reader or audience has knowledge that the characters do not

These lines include an example of which strategy from list 2?

Example: The buzzing in the trees grew louder.

A figure of speech in which the part stands for the whole

Example: I'm so hungry I could eat four thousand cheeseburgers!

The tone and meaning are reversed; sarcasm.

A statement which is on the surface contradictory, but which reveals some deeper truth.

Example: "Art is a form of lying in order to tell the truth.”—Pablo Picasso

An explicit comparison between two unlike things, using “like” or “as”

The quote in the image is an example of which device from list 2?

Investing abstractions or inanimate objects with human qualities or abilities

Example: "The uneducated mind is but a barren soil."

Example: “Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears.”—Shakespeare, Julius Caesar

The atmosphere or predominant emotion in a literary work.

An object or symbol is used to stand for a larger idea. Ex: "The White House had no comment"

Occurs when plans do not work out as expected, typically with a twist.

Ex: I'd try again to get my building permit, but everyone knows you can't fight city hall.

Which of the following is the best definition for writing style?

Ex: “Behemoth, biggest born of earth, upheaved His vastness” - Paradise Lost -John Milton

Ex: The library is not my friend! I can’t find any of the titles I need today.

The juxtaposition of two terms that are ordinarily contradictory

"All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players"- Shakespeare As You Like It

The use of words whose sound echoes the sense

Example: "Fruity-Oatie Bars: Now with all-natural artificial flavor”

The arrangement or order of words and phrases in sentences

Ex: Venice is like eating an entire box of chocolate liqueurs in one go.”-Truman Capote