Literary devices

Question 1

Dictation

Answer 1

Choice of words

Question 2

Alliteration

Answer 2

The series of words beginning with the same letter

Question 3

Assonance

Answer 3

Repetition of vowel sounds

“And the gulls scream over the beach”

Question 4

Consonance

Answer 4

Repetition of consonant sounds

“The mistress of the Mississippi”

Question 5

Euphony

Answer 5

Pleasant flowing sounds

“Softly as a cloud we go”

Question 6

Cacophony

Answer 6

Harsh unpleasant sounds

“A grotesque mask of death, with hands like claws about his begging bowl”

Question 7

Onomatopoeia

Answer 7

The suggesting or reproduction of the meaning of a word through
“Hiss, moan, gurgle”

Question 8

Figurative language

Answer 8

The imaginative use of words to imply more than their literal meaning

Question 9

Simile

Answer 9

A stated comparison using “like” or “as”

“My love is like a red, red rose”

Question 10

Metaphor

Answer 10

An implied or suggested comparison, not using “like” or “as”

The road was a ribbon of moonlight

Question 11

Personification

Answer 11

Giving inanimate object human qualities

“Night arrived”

Question 12

Symbol

Answer 12

An object which stands for another

Question 13

Oxymoron

Answer 13

Apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction

Question 14

Techniques

Answer 14

Method of presentation

Question 15

Irony

Answer 15

Saying one thing but meaning the opposite

“You’re a bright boy!”

Question 16

Satire

Answer 16

Blending criticism and humour
“All handsome hunting men
Fire your little gun…
… Oh what fun!”

Question 17

Pun

Answer 17

A play on words based on the similarity of sounds between two words with different meaning
“Would you like some cheese for your whine (wine)?”

Question 18

Hyperbole

Answer 18

Extreme exaggeration (usually clichés)
"Rolling in money"

Question 19

Cliché

Answer 19

An expression that has been used so often that it has become meaningless
“Better late than never”

Question 20

Rhyme

Answer 20

Repetition of similar or identical sounds in the end-stressed syllables of words
“Ah, distinctly remember, it was in the bleak December”

Question 21

Rhythm

Answer 21

The pattern produced by accented and unaccented syllables

Question 22

Mood

Answer 22

The emotional tone or feeling of the poem

Question 23

Form

Answer 23

Narrative - tells a story
Lyric - tells of the poet’s personal feelings
Free verse - no regular rhyme or rhythm
Sonnet - fourteen-line poem

Question 24

Theme

Answer 24

• The truth about life in a piece of writing
• The central idea of the poem
• The poet’s message to his readers

Question 25

Audience

Answer 25

Seen/ Unseen, Familiar/ Unfamiliar, Informed/ Uninformed, Formal/ Informal, Historical/ Modern, Objective/ Subjective, Supportive/ Unsupportive, Personal/ Impersonal, Private/ Public

Age: self, peers, adults

Question 26

Purpose

Answer 26

• to establish and maintain contact
• to record - fact, opinion, emotion
• to order, inform, instruct
• to explain a process
• to describe: objects, scenes, feelings
• to entertain, present an idea, persuade
• to explore, hypothesize
• to express, create
• to celebrate, reflect
• to narrate
• to mislead

Question 27

Allusion

Answer 27

Is a reference in a written work to something from history, religion, myth, or another work of literature

Question 28

Juxtaposition

Answer 28

The placing together of two things for comparison or contrast