Literary Devices

Question 1

reference to a person, place, event, or to another work of literature.

Accepted Answer

Allusion

Question 2

language that appeals to our sense of touch.

Accepted Answer

Tactile Imagery

Question 3

The repetition of the same sound at the start of a series of words

Accepted Answer

Alliteration

Question 4

an object represents an idea

Accepted Answer

Symbol

Question 5

Giving human characteristics or skills to something non-human.

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Personification

Question 6

rhyme that occurs in the middle of lines of poetry, instead of at the ends of lines.

Accepted Answer

internal rhyme

Question 7

Imagery that appeals to our sense of smell

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Olfactory Imagery

Question 8

Imagery that appeals to our sense of hearing.

Accepted Answer

Auditory Imagery

Question 9

a comparison between two seemingly unlike things using “like” or “as” and sometimes “than”

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Simile

Question 10

a description of how something looks to best create an image in the reader’s/listener’s head.

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Visual Imagery

Question 11

background information or circumstances

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Context

Question 12

Rhetorical Question

Accepted Answer

a question asked for dramatic effect rather than an answer

Question 13

the repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of lines

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Anaphora

Question 14

Imagery that appeals to our sense of taste

Accepted Answer

Gustatory Imagery

Question 15

a direct comparison between two seemingly unlike things.

Accepted Answer

Metaphor

Questions 15