Language Devices Flashcards
What is the name of the device where two or more consecutive words have the same first letter?
Alliteration.
What is the name of the device that is used to give an object or creature human qualities?
Personification.
What is the name of device that makes a figurative comparison with another thing?
Metaphor.
What is the device that likens one thing to another?
Simile.
What is the device that depicts sounds as words like โboomโ?
Onomatopoeia.
What is the device that is used to exaggerate the meaning of something?
Hyperbole.
What is the device that uses a concept multiple times?
Repetition.
What is the device that tries to put an emotive idea into the readerโs head?
Imagery.
What is the name of the device putting opposing ideas in consecutive words?
Oxymoron.
What is the name of the device opposing two themes or ideas throughout a novel or extract?
Juxtaposition.
What is the name of the device where the same vowel sound is used between words but different consonants are used?
Assonance.
What is the name of the device where a concept is brought to mind without being explicitly mentioned?
Allusion.
What is the name of the device where the language used signifies the opposite of the surface meaning?
Irony.
What is the name of the device where the audience knows a plot point that the protagonist does not?
Dramatic Irony.
What is the name of the device where a theme is hinted early on in the text and is used later on?
Foreshadowing.
What is the name of the device where the same words or phrases are used in different sentences?
Anaphora.
What is the name of the device where words are made to sound similar?
Rhyme.
What is the device where an idea is hinted at by using a less significant idea?
Euphemism.
What is the name of the device where the same consonants are used in multiple words?
Literary consonance.
What is the name of the device where informal language is used?
Colloquial language.
What is the name of the device where the word order of a phrase is reversed?
Chiasmus.
What is the name of the device describing the writerโs choice of words?
A lexical choice.
What is the device name of the writerโs choice of meaning with words?
Semantic Field.
What is the name of the device used to describe an ongoing action a character is doing?
A present participle verb.
What is the name of the device used to describe an action that was ongoing in the past?
A past participle verb.
What is the name of the device where objects are used to represent something?
Symbolism.
What is the name of the device where an event or idea gets better and better or worse and worse?
A cumulative event.
