Literary Devices

Question 1

Pathetic Fallacy

Answer 1

Weather/Nature reflects inner experience of a narrator or other characters

Calm peaceful wind

Sets mood, shows intensity of emotions

Question 2

Anaphora

Answer 2

Repeating of words at beginning of clause, phrase or sentence

“I have a dream “ speech

Question 3

Allusion

Answer 3

Unexplained reference to something like famous works/individuals

Chocolate was her Achilles heel

Question 4

Anadiplosis

Answer 4

When a word at the end of clause is repeated near the beginning of the following clause

When you LOVE, LOVE with all your heart

Gives persuasive/urgent effect

Question 5

Oxymoron

Answer 5

Two contradictory terms or ideas intentionally paired together

proud humility

Convey strong opposing emotions that often occur together

Question 6

Dramatic irony

Answer 6

Audience has knowledge of critical information while characters are in the dark

Audience sees Mick sneaking up on Davies

Question 7

Rhetorical Question

Answer 7

Question asked for another reason than to get an answer

What would you do?

Question 8

Polysyndeton

Answer 8

Coordinating conjunctions such as ‘and’ are used several times in succession

we ate roast beef and squash and biscuits and potatoes and com and cheese

Emphasises each element hence more memorable, overwhelms, childlike exuberance

Question 9

Internal Rhyme

Answer 9

Rhyme that occurs in the middle of lines in poetry

I drove myself to the lake
And dove into the water

Musical, Rhythm

Question 10

Enjambment

Answer 10

Continuation of a sentence across a line break without terminating punctuation mark

I wonder, by my troth, what thou and I/Did, till we loved?

Question 11

Hyperbole

Answer 11

Exaggerates for the sake of emphasis

My bag weighs a tonne

Question 12

Asyndeton

Answer 12

Omitting words like ‘and’, ‘or’, ‘but’

I expect my dog to chew my pillows, my cat to claw my furniture

Makes elements the same level, taps on readers’ imagination to possibility of other elements. Prob used alongside caesurae

Question 13

Onomatopoeia

Answer 13

Words evoke the actual sound of the thing they describe

Boom Ticktock Dingdong

Vivid imagery

Question 14

Assonance

Answer 14

Same vowel sounds repeats within a group of words

I might like to take a flight to an island in the sKY

Repeated sound can resonate the meaning or evoke emotion (‘o’ sound as low and unnerving)

Question 15

Situational Irony

Answer 15

Unexpected, paradoxical or perverse turn of events

wife cuts hair to buy chain for husband, husband buys sells watch to buy comb for wife

That people are always at mercy of unpredictable universe

Question 16

Verbal irony

Answer 16

What they say is different from what they mean

“well that was pleasant’ after the dentist

shows wit or stupidity

Question 17

Metaphor

Answer 17

Compares different things by saying that one thing is the other

Love is War

communicate personal or imaginary experiences

Question 18

End rhyme

Answer 18

Rhymes that occur in the final words of lines of poetry

And having none, yet I keep
A heart to weep for thee

Question 19

Epizeuxis

Answer 19

Words or phrase is repeated in immediate succession

Words, words, words

Forceful, vehement tone–>minor rallying cry/despair

Question 20

Symbolism

Answer 20

Using one thing to represent something more abstract

Buddha represents patience

Question 21

Alliteration

Answer 21

Some sound repeats in groups of words (either in the first letter or in the stressed syllables)

Eg. Bob brought box of bricks to the basement

Question 22

Personification

Answer 22

Non human things described with human attributes

The clouds have given it all

Question 23

Weather/Nature reflects inner experience of a narrator or other characters

Calm peaceful wind

Sets mood, shows intensity of emotions

Answer 23

Pathetic Fallacy

Question 24

Repeating of words at beginning of clause, phrase or sentence

“I have a dream “ speech

Answer 24

Anaphora

Question 25

Unexplained reference to something like famous works/individuals Chocolate was her Achilles heel

Answer 25

Allusion

Question 26

When a word at the end of clause is repeated near the beginning of the following clause When you LOVE, LOVE with all your heart Gives persuasive/urgent effect

Answer 26

Anadiplosis

Question 27

Two contradictory terms or ideas intentionally paired together proud humility Convey strong opposing emotions that often occur together

Answer 27

Oxymoron

Question 28

Audience has knowledge of critical information while characters are in the dark Audience sees Mick sneaking up on Davies

Answer 28

Dramatic irony

Question 29

Question asked for another reason than to get an answer What would you do?

Answer 29

Rhetorical Question

Question 30

Coordinating conjunctions such as 'and' are used several times in succession we ate roast beef and squash and biscuits and potatoes and com and cheese Emphasises each element hence more memorable, overwhelms, childlike exuberance

Answer 30

Polysyndeton

Question 31

Rhyme that occurs in the middle of lines in poetry I drove myself to the lake And dove into the water Musical, Rhythm

Answer 31

Internal Rhyme

Question 32

Continuation of a sentence across a line break without terminating punctuation mark I wonder, by my troth, what thou and I/Did, till we loved?

Answer 32

Enjambment

Question 33

Exaggerates for the sake of emphasis My bag weighs a tonne

Answer 33

Hyperbole

Question 34

Omitting words like 'and', 'or', 'but' I expect my dog to chew my pillows, my cat to claw my furniture Makes elements the same level, taps on readers' imagination to possibility of other elements. Prob used alongside caesurae

Answer 34

Asyndeton

Question 35

Words evoke the actual sound of the thing they describe Boom Ticktock Dingdong Vivid imagery

Answer 35

Onomatopoeia

Question 36

Same vowel sounds repeats within a group of words I might like to take a flight to an island in the sKY Repeated sound can resonate the meaning or evoke emotion ('o' sound as low and unnerving)

Answer 36

Assonance

Question 37

Unexpected, paradoxical or perverse turn of events wife cuts hair to buy chain for husband, husband buys sells watch to buy comb for wife That people are always at mercy of unpredictable universe

Answer 37

Situational Irony

Question 38

What they say is different from what they mean "well that was pleasant' after the dentist shows wit or stupidity

Answer 38

Verbal irony

Question 39

Compares different things by saying that one thing is the other Love is War communicate personal or imaginary experiences

Answer 39

Metaphor

Question 40

Rhymes that occur in the final words of lines of poetry And having none, yet I keep A heart to weep for thee

Answer 40

End rhyme

Question 41

Words or phrase is repeated in immediate succession Words, words, words Forceful, vehement tone-->minor rallying cry/despair

Answer 41

Epizeuxis

Question 42

Using one thing to represent something more abstract Buddha represents patience

Answer 42

Symbolism

Question 43

Some sound repeats in groups of words (either in the first letter or in the stressed syllables) Eg. Bob brought box of bricks to the basement

Answer 43

Alliteration

Question 44

Non human things described with human attributes The clouds have given it all

Answer 44

Personification