Literary Terms and Devices

Exists when someone knowingly exaggerates or says one thing and means another

A rhetorical appeal that can be described as a statement used to convince the audience by employing reason or logic

A literary device that reflects the writer's attitude toward the subject matter or audience of a literary work

When writing about diction, you should say "The writer uses diction"

"The buzzing sound of the bee frightened me" would best be described as

The feeling, emotion, or mood that an author creates in a narrative through descriptive language

When an animal or object is given qualities or abilities that only a human can have

Conveying attitude through ____, creates a relationship with the reader that influences the intention & meaning of words

A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two things that are basically un-alike but have something in common

An indirect reference to a famous person, place, event, or literary work

A special kind of contrast between appearance and reality

What type of irony? We know that the lady bringing Snow White is evil, but Snow White does not

A struggle between opposing forces

The writer may make comments about a character's personality or nature through the voice of the narrator

a figure of speech in which a part of something is used to signify the whole, or vice-versa.

"Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime."

Indirect Characterization occurs when the author presents the character's own thoughts, speech, and actions

A method of convincing people with an argument drawn out through an emotional response

The art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing

Which one of these is NOT an example of an external conflict?

Situational Irony: A fire station burns down

What device is this? Speech is silver but silence is gold.

A contrast between what a reader or character expects and what actually happens

"She is as fast as a cheetah" would best be described as a

What device? No mammals are frogs. All elephants are mammals. Therefore, no elephants are frogs.

"The snow was a white blanket on the lawn" would best be described as a

a literary device that refers to the juxtaposition of two opposing elements through the parallel grammatical structure.

Cause and effect is often used as an appeal to logos

What device? "...and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth."

A literary technique used to create deliberate differences for the reader to compare and contrast.

A Theme is a person, place, object, or an activity that stands for something beyond itself

John Proctor could best be described as a ________ because he is changed due to events in The Crucible

"When I give, I give myself." - Walt Whitman

Dramatic Irony: The pilot of a plane has a fear of heights

Also known as a central idea

This device is a means of convincing others of the character or credibility of the persuader

the feeling, emotion, or mood that an author creates in a narrative through descriptive language.

The repetition of the same word or words at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, or sentences