LITERARY DEVICE DEFINITIONS

LITERARY DEVICE DEFINITIONS

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English

6th - 8th Grade

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1.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Rhyming that occurs WITHIN lines of poetry is called...

Back

Internal rhyme

2.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Which device do writers use to create images in the mind of the reader using language that appeals to the senses?

Back

Imagery

3.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What is a word which imitates the natural sounds of something?

Back

Onomatopoeia

4.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What is a repetition technique where consonant sounds are repeated at the end of lines, paragraphs, or stanzas?

Back

Epistrophe

5.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

When an author uses symbols to signify ideas and qualities, by giving them meanings that are different from their literal sense, the author is using...?

Back

Symbolism

6.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What is the repetition of initial consonant sounds in a series of words?

Back

Alliteration

7.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What literary device gives human traits to non-human things?

Back

Personification

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