Literary Devices - Final Review

Repetition of vowel sounds within the words that are close together

Presenting a factual argument that details statistics, facts, quotes, logic and reasoning to appeal to the audience.

An indirect reference to a famous person, historical event, cultural element, or place.

That warrior has the heart of a lion.

When the speaker of the poem speaks to a dead, inhuman, or absent person as if they were there.

As the sugar cracks and crazes their enamel

The following is an example of which rhetorical appeal?

The running over of a sentence or thought into the next line of poetry without a pause.

Comparison of two unlike things not using like or as.

The children were flowers grown in concrete gardens.

A Greek word that means “character”. An ethical appeal that uses the authority or credibility of the persuader.

The warrior fought like a lion.

The carpenter singing his song / The mason singing his tune

The savage grace of his gait

What are the highlighted lines an example of in "Stopping by Woods On a Snowy Evening" (By Robert Frost)

“Is this a dagger which I see before me... / Come, let me clutch thee! / I have thee not, and yet I see thee still.”

Repeated consonant sounds within the words that are close together.

Special metaphor that gives inhuman things human/living characteristics.

Identify the poetic device in the poem below:

Life is a dream

The use of exaggeration for effect.

"Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou, Romeo?

"I can resist everything except temptation." - Oscar Wilde

Repeating the line multiple times word-for-word, "Mother, make my bed soon."

"The bee droning down on Chucky's old, bald head.

Comparison of two unlike things using like or as.

Identify the poetic device in the poem below:

“I know one thing: that I know nothing.” -Socrates

The following is an example of which rhetorical appeal?

And there he saw the twisting trout twinkling below.

Repeated initial sounds in several words close together.

"When she lost her job, she acted like a Scrooge, and refused to buy anything that wasn't necessary."

And reachin' landin's /And turning corners /And sometimes goin' on in the dark.

Two contradictory terms in a brief phrase.

Means “emotion”. As a rhetoric appeal, it refers to emotions and feelings in persuasive terminology.

The grammatical structure or certain words, ideas, or phrases are repeated in the same manner (not word-for-word).

Wind breathes low with mellower tone

A line or group of lines in a poem that repeat at regular intervals (repeated word-for-word)

The literal meaning of a word is denotation, but the implied meaning of a word is...

Identify the poetic device in the poem below:

The wind cried in the dark

The calm lake was a mirror.

A line of poetry that has a natural pause at the end using punctuation (periods, commas, etc.).