Literary Devices

Question 1

Literary Devices

Answer 1

Provide color/uniqueness/dynamism to a work

Question 2

Imagery

Answer 2

most basic

description that appeals to the sense

Question 3

Image

Answer 3

may be composed of colorful language or categorized by other literary devices

Question 4

Metaphor

Answer 4

presents two things that seem very different as if they are the same
3 types

Question 5

direct metaphor

Answer 5

something is directly compared to something else

“Julie is the sun”

Question 6

indirect metaphor

Answer 6

A comparison is made but one of the things is not named.
Implies the comparison by describing the unnamed thing
ex. The sun is a disc of crunchy crust surrounded by rays of ooey gooey cheese (because pizza is not mentioned by name)

Question 7

Extended metaphor

Answer 7

Also called a conceit
Initial Comparison is developed more fully in the text
ex.
“But soft! What light through yonder window breaks?
It is the East, and Juliet is the sun!
Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon,
Who is already sick and pale with grief.”

Question 8

Simile

Answer 8

Uses like or as to make a comparison 
"Love goes toward love, as schoolboys from their books" 
(Romeo and Juliet) 
"My bounty is as boundless as the sea,
My love as deep" More Romeo and Juliet

Question 9

Personification

Answer 9

Makes an inanimate object sound human

ex. The wind screeched with fury

Question 10

Apostrophe

Answer 10

Related to personification.
Speaker’s direct address to either
a. a nonhuman entity
b. an absent human

ex.
nonhuman: Snow! I love you! You are the best
Absent human: Dammit Patrice! (When Patrice is not there)

Question 11

Hyperbole

Answer 11

exaggeration
ex.
“I’ve told you a million times not to wear snow pants to school”

Question 12

metonymy

Answer 12

a larger whole–usually a abstract– is represented by one of its parts
ex. the star shaped badge was held above all else in snowflake land.
badge=law

Question 13

Synecdoche

Answer 13

related to metonymy
usually occurs when a part represents a specific, tangible whole [NOT ABSTRACT]
ex. “Who wants to play in the snow?” the teacher asked her class delightedly. Hands immediately flew up in the air.
hand represent students

Question 14

Allusion

Answer 14

reference to something outside the work
3 main types
Generally Literary- alludes to a general literary work like Tom Sawyer
Classical Example: alludes to classical mythology (Greek and Roman)
Biblical Example: alludes to the bible. Probably won’t be on there but if it is it will probably be the Garden of Eden

Question 15

Symbolism

Answer 15

One thing in the work stands for another
generally representing a person or abstract concept
Stark = wolf

Question 16

Irony

Answer 16

unexpected but fitting twist
really common
3 categories

Question 17

Verbal Irony

Answer 17

Ex. dog runs through the woods and comes back covered in mud, leaves, dirt, and grime. Also a horrible smell. Owner says “you look nice. I am so glad that I have white furniture” (obviously, the puppy does not and owner isn’t)

Question 18

Situational Example

Answer 18

“The Necklace” story. Woman borrows necklace and loses it. Buys a replacement but doesn’t tell the friend. Works for like ten years to pay off the debt and then tells the friend. Turns out, the original was just a fake.

Question 19

Dramatic Irony

Answer 19

audience knows what will happen but the character(s) do not

ex. Romeo and Juliet [we know she is alive, but Romeo does not]

Question 20

Paradox

Answer 20

seeming contradiction with greater truth
ex.
“Wilde’s “I can resist anything except temptation” and Chesterton’s “spies do not look like spies”[2] are examples of rhetorical paradox”(wikipedia)
“the child is the father of the Man”(Wordsworth/ book)