poetic devices

Question 1

metaphor

Answer 1

comparison without using like or as (my love is a rose)

Question 2

simile

Answer 2

Comparison using like or as (she was as white as a sheet)

Question 3

allusion

Answer 3

something that gives a reference to something they assume the readers know about /classical allusion

Question 4

anti-hero

Answer 4

character which demonstrates human failings

Question 5

apostrophe

Answer 5

form of personification where character talks to something as if it is alive or there

Question 6

assonance

Answer 6

vowel sounds repeated (dark faces pale against, etc) “A”

Question 7

consonance

Answer 7

consonant sounds are repeated, also an example of alliteration (the curious cat crept)

Question 8

dramatic irony

Answer 8

when audience or reader is aware of something the character is not (we know Juliet is dead)

Question 9

hyperbole

Answer 9

extreme exaggeration

Question 10

visual imagery

Answer 10

paints a picture in which the person describes things

Question 11

auditory imagery

Answer 11

sounds of word create impact

Question 12

verbal irony

Answer 12

difference between what is said and what meant (oh thats just great)

Question 13

juxtaposition

Answer 13

unassociated ideas are placed next to each other (ideas not words)

Question 14

oxymoron

Answer 14

COMBINES contrary term (jumbo shrimp)

Question 15

paradox

Answer 15

statement that contradicts itself (the more you know, the more you don’t know)

Question 16

parody

Answer 16

mocking imitation of style (male fun by copying in humorous way)

Question 17

personification

Answer 17

gives intimate objects human characteristics

Question 18

pun

Answer 18

play on words, gives identical or similar sound

Question 19

repetition

Answer 19

words, sounds and ideas are repeated to create effect

Question 20

rhetorical question

Answer 20

a question that expects no answer, the question makes itself clear

Question 21

sarcasm

Answer 21

person appears praising while actually insulting (oh look at that coordination)

Question 22

satire

Answer 22

model of writing which exposes failing of individuals, societies, etc. considered humour but can be serious

Question 23

symbolism

Answer 23

anything that stands for or represents something beyond it. dove= symbol for peace

Question 24

synecdoche

Answer 24

a part of something that is use to signify the whole. (stared upon him with a solders eye)

Question 25

understatement

Answer 25

opposite of hyperbole

Question 26

pathetic fallacy

Answer 26

when the weather reflects things happening in story