Literary Devices ED P2

Question 1

Anaphora

Answer 1

Rhetoric - the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses

Question 2

Alliteration

Answer 2

The repitition of similar initial consonant sounds

Oohhh, I love a lilting line of lyrical alliteraaationnn

Question 3

Allusion

Answer 3

• A brief, indirect reference tk a historical or literary person, event or object

Example: Magnus Chase

Question 4

Enjambement

Answer 4

Doorlopende versregel - komisch effect (vaag hoor)

Example: “Cause you love hard, kore only half the time” - Achilles Heel

(Hardcore and Kore/persephone)

Question 5

Euphemism

Answer 5

The use of inoffensive, mild or vague words in place of harsher, more blunt ones.

That old lady died - The old lady passed away

Question 6

Foreshadowing

Answer 6

Foreshadowing is a device which hints or warns the eventsbto happen later in the story - prepares the reader for climax and changes

Example: literally every anime op ever

Question 7

Hyperbole

Answer 7

Deliberate exaggeration in order to emphasise a fact or feeling

Ik heb honger als een paard
She’s as tall as a skyscraper

Question 8

Imagery

Answer 8

Descriptions and figures of speech that help the mind form forceful/bootyful pictures

Sensory Imagery:

1. Visual imagery - sense of sight
2. Olfactory imagery - sense of smell
3. Auditory imagery - sense of hearing
4. Tactile imagery - sense of touch
5. Gustatory imagery - sense of taste

Question 9

Metaphor

Answer 9

An implied comparison between 2 things, which does not use the words like or as in the comparison.
A word or phrase that ordinarily mean one thing is used to describe another thing in orde to suggest a likeness between the two

Example:

• It was raining cats and dogs
• Never look a gifted horse in the mouth

Question 10

Onomatopoeia

Answer 10

The use of a word that closely resembles the sound to which it refers.

Example:
“Bark”
“Buzz”

Question 11

Personification

Answer 11

A special form of metaphor in which human characteristics are attributed to animals, inanimate objects or ideas.

Question 12

Simile

Answer 12

A comparison using the words like and as.

Example: Her eyes were like the sea

Question 13

Tricolon

Answer 13

Drie vergelijkbare delen. (Echt waar dit heb ik op moeten zoeken en het slaat nergens oppp het is gwn een fucking opsomming)

Example: Ik heb het bed, de kamer en het huis verlaten.
(Je kunt ze alledrie verlaten)

Question 14

Assonance

Answer 14

Alliteration maar met klinkers

Question 15

Intertextuality

Answer 15

When one text refers to another literary source outside of the text - gives enhanced meaning