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Literary Devices
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| personification | a literary device that gives human traits, emotions, or actions to inanimate objects, animals, or abstract concepts to make writing more vivid, engaging, and emotional |
| anaphora | the deliberate repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses, sentences, or lines to add rhythm, emotional impact, and emphasis e.g. I saw, I came, I conqured |
| consonance | a literary device characterized by the repetition of the same consonant sounds in nearby words, typically within the middle or at the end of words (e.g., "pitter patter") -umpy |
| assonance | Assonance is the repetition of similar vowel sounds within nearby words, often called "vowel rhyme," used to create rhythm, mood, and musicality in literature and poetry. "lake" and "fate". -ian |
| euphemism | a mild, indirect word or expression substituted for one considered too harsh, blunt, or offensive (passive aggressive) Ex: "passed away" instead of "died". |
| juxtaposition | Juxtaposition is the placement of two or more, often contrasting, elements side-by-side to highlight their differences, create suspense, or evoke irony EX: e.g., a waiter serving a fancy meal near a, filthy alley |
| allegory | - Lord of the flies An allegory is a narrative, poem, or visual work that uses symbolic characters, places, and actions to convey hidden, deeper meanings about complex ideas—such as politics, morality, or religion—beyond the literal text. |
| irony (verbal, situational, dramatic) | Verbal, situational, and dramatic irony are literary techniques creating contrast between appearance and reality Verbal : sarcasm Dramatic: audience knows what happened but characters dont e.g. fire station burning down |
| symbolism | Symbolism is the artistic, literary, and cultural practice of using concrete objects, characters, or colors to represent abstract ideas, emotions, or concepts |
| hyperbole | Hyperbole is a literary and conversational device using extreme exaggeration to emphasize a point, express intense emotion, add humor, or grab attention, and is not meant to be taken literally e.g. I so hungry I could eat a horse |
| alliteration | Alliteration is the repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of closely connected words, used to add rhythm, mood, or emphasis in literature, poetry, and branding "busy buzzing bees," |
| simile | A simile is a figure of speech that directly compares two different things to create vivid imagery, typically using the words "like" or "as". |
| metaphor | A metaphor is a figure of speech that directly equates two unrelated things to highlight a shared quality, stating one thing is another (e.g., "time is money") rather than using "like" or "as". |
| allusion | An allusion is a brief, indirect reference to a person, place, event, or literary work that adds depth, context, and meaning to a text, assuming the reader shares the necessary knowledge. |
| oxymoron | An oxymoron is a figure of speech combining two contradictory terms, such as "deafening silence" or "jumbo shrimp," to create dramatic effect, humor, or deeper meaning. |
| imagery | Imagery is the use of vivid, figurative language in literature and art to create sensory experiences, appealing to sight, sound, smell, taste, touch, or movement (kinesthetic) and emotion (organic). |
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