english - literary devices

Question 1

Adjective

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adds description to nouns. E.g the smell of sweet cherry blossoms

Question 2

Adverb

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adds description to verbs. E.g The cherry blossoms swayed gently in the breeze

Question 3

Allusion

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brief reference to historical, mythological, or literary significance. “Then they dropped the bomb” (Reference to the bombing of Hiroshima in 1945)

Question 4

Alliteration

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Alliteration is when two or more words that start with the same sound are used repeatedly in a phrase or a sentence. The repeated sound creates the alliteration, not the same letter. For example, ‘tasty tacos’ is considered an alliteration, but ‘thirty typist’ is not, because ‘th’ and ‘ty’ don’t sound the same.

Question 5

Assonance

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Assonance: this is when the same vowel sounds are repeated in multiple words. The rain in Spain stays mainly on the plain.

Question 6

Colloquialism

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Informal language - everyday words with specific usage contexts. E.g bruh

Question 7

Emotional Appeal

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An emotional appeal, is a persuasive technique that tries to convince an audience by evoking strong feelings rather than using logical reasoning.

Question 8

Enjambment

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Enjambment is when a sentence in a poem runs over to the next line without a pause. Instead of ending with punctuation, it keeps flowing

Question 9

Hyperbole

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deliberate exaggeration for emphasis. E.g i’ve told you a million times

Question 10

Imagery

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vivid descriptions to create mental images. E.g somewhere over the rainbow skies are blue.

Question 11

Juxtaposition

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Placing 2 things side by side to highlight differences. E.g all’s fair in love and war

Question 12

Metaphor

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Directly referring to one thing by mentioning another. E.g It is the east, and juliet is the sun

Question 13

Onomatopoeia

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Words imitating sounds. E.g “Buzz”, “hiss”, “swish”

Question 14

Oxymoron

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statement contradicting itself. E.g heavy lightness, cold fire”

Question 15

Personification

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Giving human qualities to non-human entities. E.g love opening its arm not i wear sadness like a coat. very different

Question 16

Rhetorical question

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Questions with an obvious answer, used for effect

Question 17

Simile

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A simile is a figure of speech that directly compares two different things using the words “like” or “as”. E.g They fenced us in like sheep.

Question 18

Symbol

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A symbol in literature is when something (like an object, person, or event) represents something else, often an idea or feeling, beyond its literal meaning.A dove might symbolize peace.

Question 19

soliloquy

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A soliloquy is a literary device used in drama where a character, usually alone on stage or believing themselves to be alone, speaks their inner thoughts and feelings aloud. E.g When juliet says o romeo, romeo wherefore art thou romeo? she is expressing her feelings about romeo, and her inner thoughts.