Literacy Devices Flashcards
(17 cards)
Simile
Comparison to another something
eg: As busy as a bee.
Alliteration
When 2 similar words repeat.
eg. Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
Rhyme
Correspondence of sound between words.
eg. Cat, mat, sat
Repetition
Repeating something that already has been said or written.
eg. Get ready, get set, go!
Personification
The connection between human attributes and something on-human.
eg. The alarm clock yelled.
Metaphor
A world applied to something non-applicable.
eg. He’s a couch potato.
Auditory imagery
Appeals to the sense of hearing.
eg. The distant train whistled.
Olfactory imagery
Appeals to the sense of smell.
eg. Musty old smell of the basement.
Kinesthetic imagery
Appeals to the sense of movement.
eg. He ran his fingers on the soft, silk fabric.
Visual imagery
Appeals to create visuals.
eg. The sun shimmered on the blue sky as the blue sky changed into varieties of shades of purple and pink.
Pathetic fallacy
The connection between nature and man.
eg. The man cried as the rain attacked the window.
Epizeuxis
The repetition of the same sentence.
eg. Words, words, words.
Anaphora
Repetition at the beginning of the sentence.
eg. It was a time of happiness, it was a time of joy, it was a time of excitement.
Analypsis
Narrator jumps back in time to recount events that happened earlier/flashbacks.
Anthropomorphism
Attributes human characteristics to non-human entities.
eg. Mickey Mouse (a talking mouse, as if it were human).
Epistrophe
Repetition at the end of a sentence.
eg. I’m tired of this job. I’m over this job. I’m done with this job!
Hypophora
A question and a answer.
eg. What is the key to good health? Regular exercise and a balanced diet.
