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Literary Examples
Matching the Literary Examples
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Alliteration | The Wicked Witch of the West went her own way. (The ‘W’ sound is highlighted and repeated throughout the sentence.) |
| Diction | Certain writers in the modern day and age use archaic terms such as ‘thy’, ‘thee’ and ‘wherefore’ to imbue a Shakespearean mood to their work |
| Personification | The raging winds |
| Metaphor | Kevin was strong like Superman |
| Tone | In her Harry Potter series, author J.K. Rowling has taken an extremely positive, inspiring and uplifting tone towards the idea of love and devotion. |
| Denotation | They built a house. |
| Connotation | And once again, the autumn leaves were falling. (This phrase uses ‘autumn’ to signify something coming to an end.) |
| Puns | Santa’s helpers are known as Santa Side Kick. |
| Flashback | Back in the day when Sarah was a young girl… |