Literary Devices Flashcards
What is the Definition of a Metaphor and then give an example
Definition = A comparison between two seemingly unlike objects that connects the terms without using “like” or “as”.
Example = Her mind was a treasure chest
What is the definition of a Simile? Then give an example of one.
Definition = A comparison between two seemingly unlike objects that connects the terms with “like” or “as”.
Example = Her mind was like a treasure chest.
What is Personification? Give an example.
Definition = Giving human characteristics or behaviors to non-living things or ideas
Example = The sun kissed the beach’s shore.
What is a Hyperbole? Give an Example.
Definition = Extreme exaggeration for effect.
Example = He was tall enough to repair the roof without a ladder.
Give a Definition of a Symbol! Then an example
Definition = An object, action or person that represents an idea
Example = Glasses may represent intelligence
Black represents Death
White represents Life
Define an Allusion, then give an example.
Definition = A reference to a person, place, event, history, literature, myth or religion.
(Alluding to…..)
(Making a refrence to something outside of the story)
Example = Don’t be a Grinch when it comes around the hoildays. (The Grinch being a reference to a popular literary character)
What is a Rhyme? Define it, then give an example.
Definition = Similarity in sound between two or more words.
Example = I am a poet and I don’t know it.
What is Rhythm? Define it, then give an example.
Definition = Rhythm is a musical quality produced by the repetition of stressed and unstressed syllables.
Example = was This the Face that Launched a Thousand Ships
What is an Onomatopoeia? Give a definition and then an example
Definition = A word shose sound echoes or suggests its meaning.
Example = Buzz, snap, crack, boom
What is an Alliteration? Give an example and a definition.
Example = Chocolate Chip Cookie
Definition = Repeating the first letter sound. (3 times close together in a line or sentence.)
What is a Consonance? Give a definition and then an example.
Definition = Repeating the consonant sound (2 times and not the first letter)
Example = The snake slithered over me while its skin withered
What is Anssonace? Define it and then give a example!
Definition = Repeating the vowel sound (2 times and not the first letter)
Example = The sna**ke ate gr**apes
What is Euphony? Define it then give an example!
Definition = Soft-sounding words
Example = breeze sways sliently
What is Cacophony? Give an example and then the definition!
Example = Cracked, jagged
Definition = Harsh-sounding words
What is Repetition? Give the definition and the an example of it!
Definition = Repeating a word, several words, phrases, or sentences
Example = Open your binders. Put your bags on the floor Open your binders to yesterday’s note
What is an Oxymoron? Given an definition and then an example!
Definition = Apparent contradictions (words are side by side)
Example = Jumbo Shrimp, Thick Paper
What is a Pun? Give an Example then a Definition!
Example = Seven days without pizza makes one weak
Definition = Play on words.
What is a Paradox? Give a definition and then an example!
Definition = A seemingly untrue statement that has a poetic truth to it (usually has of in it)
Example = The sound of silence
What is a Connotation? Give a Definition and then give an example!
Definition = The emotion associated with a word
Example = Snow Day (positive connotation)
What is Verbal Irony? Give an Example then a Definition!
Example = Thanks for coming late :)
Definition = Saying one thing and meaning the opposite
What is Situational Irony? Give the definition and then an example!
Definition = Something happens that is usually the opposite of what was expected
Example = A Phys. Ed teach who was out of shape
What is Dramatic Irony? Give an example and then a definition!
Example = We know Olivia has fallen for a girl dressed as a man in Twelfth Night.
Defintion = When we know somthing that the character does not know (usually in a play)
