Literary & Rhetorical Devices

Definition:
The repetition of consonant sounds in the beginning of words. 

• Alliteration
• Symbol
• Assonance
• Rhythm

Allusions are based primarily on 

• personal intuition
• shared knowledge
• imaginative comparisons
• cultural symbols

What is an analogy?

• A study of words.

• A comparison between two things

• A type of food.

• a very short story used for illustrative purposes

What word means:
A short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person.

• Facts
• Statistics
• Expert Opinion
• Anecdotes

Exclaiming “Oh great!” after failing an exam

• verbal irony
• dramatic irony
• situational irony
• none of the above

A pilot with a fear of heights

• verbal irony
• dramatic irony
• situational irony
• none of the above

The best friends had so much in common they were like two peas in a pod. 
What are the words in blue an example of?

• Simile
• Metaphor

Mom was a busy beaver as she prepared for the holiday party.

What are the words in blue an example of?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

A repeated element that has symbolic significance through repetition.  It can help produce theme or mood (example - references to light and darkness in Romeo and Juliet)

• motif
• oxymoron
• personification
• pun

A figure of speech in which contradictory terms appear together (example: "loving hate," "brawling love") 

• oxymoron
• pun
• motif
• foreshadowing