Final Exam Literary Devices : Examples Flashcards
There are more than 1 examples for each in case you don't understand the others.
“Don’t judge a book by it’s cover”
“The early bird catches the worm.”
“Time is money.”
Aphorism
“O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou. Romeo?”
“Twinkle, twinkle, little star, How I wonder what you are.”
“Freedom, I hear you calling!”
Apostrophe
“To be, or not to be, that is the question.”
“That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.”
“Speech is silver, but silence is golden.”
Antithesis
The Titanic movie.
Lifeguard drowns on duty.
Romeo and Juliet dying.
Irony
MLKs “I Have a Dream” speech or the movie “Schindler’s List”
PETA ad showing a sad animal
“I watched my mother struggle with cancer for two years, and I couldn’t do anything to help.”
Pathos
The story of the Tortoise and the Hare (moral=persistence and patience is important, don’t underestimate others).
Parable
“You are the light of my life.”
“The classroom is a battlefield.”
“His words were a dagger to her heart.”
Metaphor
“He was a real Romeo with the ladies.”
“This is like a scene straight out of a Hitchcock movie.”
“Chemistry was their Achilles’ heel.”
Allusion
Heart (association with love and affection)
Cross (associated with religion)
Phoenix (associated with rebirth and immortality)
Symbol
Dr. T.J. Eckleburgs eyes in “The Great Gatsby”
The White Whale in “Moby-Dick”
Mockingbird in “To Kill a Mockingbird”
Motif
The Cinderella Fairy Tale
A book of Historical Fiction about the Underground Railroad
Narrative
“Open secret”
“Clearly confused”
“The Living Dead”
Oxymoron
“The air was thick with the noises of a thousand voices crying out to be heard…the noise of boots marching on the streets.” - 1984
“In his blue gardens men and girls came and went like moths among the whisperings and the champagne and the stars.” - The Great Gatsby
Cacophony
Don Quixote veers off into lengthy philosophical discussions or personal rants about many topics in Miguel de Cervantes “Don Quixote”, this is an example of?
Digression
-Science Fiction
-Historical Fiction
-Slasher Horror
Genre
“All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others.” (Animal Farm)
“This is the beginning of the end.”
“The only constant thing is change.”
Paradox
