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Literary Devices Review #1
Literary Devices Review #1
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First round of literary devices from our study of Shakespeare and poetry! :)
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A comparison between two things that uses like or as.
simile
alliteration
metaphor
analogy
2
"What light through yonder window breaks? It is the East and Juliet is the sun."
personification
metaphor
simile
hyperbole
3
"Being struck by lightning is really a shocking experience!"
metaphor
pun
personification
alliteration
4
A Greek word for the feelings (sadness, pity, fear) you get at the end of a tragedy.
pathos
logos
ethos
tragic flaw
5
"I'll be your gravity; you be my oxygen." --BMTH
oxymoron
simile
metaphor
foreshadowing
6
When a character remembers something back in time
foreshadowing
dramatic irony
flashback
flashforward
7
A character who makes a judgment error that inevitably leads to his/her own destruction.
protagonist
tragic hero
tragic flaw
tragedy
8
A comparison between two unlike things without using like or as.
metaphor
allusion
simile
alliteration
9
A trait in a character leading to his downfall.
dramatic irony
tragic flaw
pathos
tragic hero
10
A sound word such as "BANG" "SCREECH" "FIZZ"
alliteration
pathos
metaphor
onomatopoeia
11
The feeling or atmosphere of a story
pathos
mood
pun
tone
12
A play on words; a word or phrase with a double meaning.
simile
oxymoron
monologue
pun
13
A speech made by one character to another character.
prologue
soliloquy
aside
monologue
14
A separate introduction to a literary work.
prologue
monologue
aside
soliloquy
15
An indirect or passing reference of another person, event, culture or work in literature.
analogy
allusion
prologue
alliteration
16
Romeo: "O, she doth teach the torches to burn bright!"
simile
foreshadowing
onomatopoeia
imagery
17
The
Cossack
was the
cat
; he was the mouse.
Then
...
Rainsford knew the full meaning of terror
.
flashback
simile
personification
metaphor
18
A line said by a character to himself while other characters are on stage.
soliloquy
prologue
aside
monologue
19
Giving human-like traits to nonhuman objects.
onomatopoeia
personification
hyperbole
metaphor
20
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
alliteration
onomatopoeia
metaphor
simile
21
Words that appeal to the five senses
imagery
pun
hyperbole
metaphor
22
"I thought Santa was going to be late, but he arrived in the Nick of time."
hyperbole
pun
sonnet
personification
23
The occurrence of the same letter/sound at the beginning of closely connected words.
alliteration
allusion
analogy
metaphor
24
A speech made by a character alone to reveal his or her innermost thoughts.
soliloquy
prologue
aside
monologue
25
The attitude an author has towards a particular subject.
tone
mood
allusion
hyperbole
26
An exaggeration for shock or dramatic effect.
pun
hyperbole
alliteration
onomatopoeia
27
A similarity between like features of two things where a comparison is made.
analogy
alliteration
allusion
aside
28
"Where will the wind blow my sails?"
alliteration
hyperbole
onomatopoeia
simile
29
A figure of speech with two opposites joined together for dramatic effect
soliloquy
dramatic irony
oxymoron
metaphor
30
A poem made up of fourteen lines with a particular rhyme scheme.
lyrical poem
prologue
sonnet
iambic pentameter
31
"I wandered lonely as a cloud."
onomatopoeia
metaphor
simile
alliteration
32
When an author drops hints about what will happen in the future
hyperbole
foreshadowing
pun
flashback
33
Occurs when the audience knows something that the characters don’t.
allusion
pathos
dramatic irony
analogy
34
"The red leaves danced in the autumn wind."
simile
personification
metaphor
hyperbole
35
"I feel like a million bucks!"
metaphor
simile
alliteration
hyperbole
36
A line of of rhythm in poetry with five iambs put together
iambic duometer
iambic pentameter
iambic trimeter
37
When a character imagines something in the future
foreshadowing
flashback
dramatic irony
flashforward
38
"What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet."
metaphor
personification
hyperbole
onomatopoeia
