Literary Devices

"An brief and often indirect reference to a significant figure, place or event in poetry"

What device is this?

• Oxymoron

• Allusion

• Anaphora

• Assonance

"water plops into pond

splish-splash downhill

warbling magpies in tree

trilling, melodic thrill"

What main device do we see at work in this stanza?

• Synecdoche

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

• Hyperbole

“No warmth could warm, no wintry weather chill him.” (Dickens, A Christmas Carol)

What sound effect is in use in this line?

• personification

• allusion

• metaphor

• alliteration

"Life is a broken-winged bird" is an example of

• metaphor

• alliteration

• simile

• paradox

Read the following statements and decide what device is being used.

Charlie gazed hopelessly at the endless pile of bills stretching across the counter.

Old Mr. Johnson has been teaching here since the Stone Age.

• Irony

• Synechdoche

• Hyperbole

• Oxymoron

“The sun smiled at me” is an example of:

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• personification

• assonance

Which of the following is not an example of an allusion?

• his wife was his Achille's heel

• he lies so much, I'm surprised his nose doesn't grow like Pinnochio's

• she transformed her backyard to look like the Garden of Eden.

• we'll miss him so much because he was the best dog ever.

A figure of speech in which one word or phrase is substituted for another with which it is closely associated.

What device is this?

• Metonymy

• Synecdoche

A figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa.

Which device is this?

• Metonymy

• Synecdoche

"We must wait to hear from The Crown until we make any further decisions."

What device is this?

• Metonymy

• Synecdoche