Litterary devices

Question 1

Alliteration

Answer 1

Repetition of sound

ex: Peter Piper Picked a Peek of Pickled Peppers

Question 2

Allusion

Answer 2

A reference to a famous person

ex: She is as Pretty as Selena Gomez

Question 3

Analogy

Answer 3

The comparison of 2 pairs

ex: shoe is to foot as tire is to wheel

Question 4

Assonance

Answer 4

Repetition of vowel sounds

ex: Every time I write a rhyme, these people think its a crime

Question 5

Hyperbole

Answer 5

Exaggeration

ex: It was so cold, I saw polar bears wearing jackets

Question 6

Imagery

Answer 6

Mental images ( you can picture it)

Question 7

Metaphor

Answer 7

Comparison (doesn’t use like)

ex: That cat’s eyes were jewels, gleaming in the darkness

Question 8

Onomatopoeia

Answer 8

Sounds

ex: The burning wood crackled and hissed

Question 9

Oxymoron

Answer 9

Two contradictory words together

ex: hot and cold

Question 10

Personification

Answer 10

Human qualities to animals or objects

ex: The dandelions nodded their yellow heads

Question 11

Pun

Answer 11

Play on words

Question 12

repetition

Answer 12

Repetition of a word

Question 13

Rhyme

Answer 13

Rhyme

Question 14

Simile

Answer 14

Comparison (g like, as, as though)