Literary & Sound Devices

"when something nonhuman is given human characteristics"

"repetition of the beginning consonant sound"

"when an author hints at what's to come"

What type of irony is being described here?

"a part of a story or a movie that describes or shows something that happened in the past"

"Fraka-kaka-kaka-kaka-kow!"

"What type of irony is depicted in the picture?"

"Dying is a wild night and a new road."

"A good conscience is a continual Christmas."

"exaggeration"

"Smooth move, Mr. Hunt," hissed Ms. Lynch as Mr. Hunt tripped and spilled his coffee.

"The earth hath swallowed all my hopes."

"This is the best day EVER!"

"What device is being used here to build suspense?"

"Yo' mama is so ugly that she makes blind kids cry."

"I could smell the buttery, chocolaty warmth of the cookies just out of the oven."

"when something happens and a reversal of expectations occurs"

"language that appeals to one or more of the five senses; smell, taste, touch, hear, see"

"and snow lay here and there in the hollow of the banks, like a lady’s gloves forgotten"

"Nature abhors a vacuum."

"Opportunity may knock, but it seldom nags."

"Time and tide waits for no one."

"when a speaker says one thing and means another"

"Her romantic mind was like the tiny boxes, one within the other, that come from the East"

"Bed, Bath, & Beyond"

"The acrid smoke of burning plastic caused us to involuntarily cover our nose and mouth."

"Life is like a box of chocolates."

"direct comparison using like or as"

"Mickey Mouse"

"The water made a sound like kittens lapping."

"The fair breeze blew, the white foam flew.

"Chaos is a friend of mine." Bob Dylan

"Mr. Hunt is so old he rode a dinosaur to school."

This video clip is an example of which device?

"when a word imitates the sound it represents"

The chorus of this song is an example of which literary device?

"Because I could not stop for death, he kindly stopped for me."

"They paved paradise and put up a parking lot with a pink hotel."

"I'll love you, dear, until China and Africa meet."

"All our words are but crumbs that fall down from the feast of the mind"

"Macho Mario, Luxurious Luigi, Princess Peach, Tall Toad"

"Pow!"

"The golden rays of the setting sun reflected upon the clear waters of the lake."

This cartoon is/isn't an example of which type of irony?

"Baby, you're a firework!"

"Demonic dancer delivers death-defying dance to a damsel in distress."

"when an event occurs in a narrative which the audience understands, but the characters do not"

"an implied comparison of two things...NOT using like or as"