Literary Devices for AP Comp

What is a speech or written passage in praise of a person; an oration in honor of a deceased person? Many were spoken in honor of the New York Firefighters who heroically lost their lives on 9/11. An elegy laments, while a _______ praises.

• Hyperbole

• Eulogy

• Foreshadowing

• Genre

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

What is a literary, historical, mythological, or biblical reference assumed to be well-known enough to be recognized by the reader? For instance, one might contrast the hardships of Frederick Douglass to the trials and tribulations of Job from the Bible.

• Diction

• Anecdote

• Dialect

• Allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What is a comparison of two similar, yet different things, usually to clarify an action or a relationship? Example: Comparing the actions of a heart to that of a pump.

• Aphorism

• Analogy

• Folklore

• Flashback

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5B

CCSS.L.8.5B

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What is a short, simple narrative of an incident often used for humorous effect or to make a point?

• Irony

• Metaphor

• Anecdote

• Imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

What is the implied, suggested, or underlying meaning of a word or phrase because of its association in the reader’s mind?

• Foreshadowing

• Dialect

• Hyperbole

• Connotation

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

What is the repetition of two or more consonant sounds with a change in the intervening vowels, such as pitter-patter, splish-splash, click-clack, ping-pong?

• Consonance

• Euphemism

• Diction

• Eulogy

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is the literal meaning of a word as defined in the dictionary?

• Personification

• Point of view

• Denotation

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

What is the language and speech idiosyncrasies of a specific area, region, or group? For example, Minnesotans say “you betcha” when they agree with you. Although most often found in fiction, it is sometimes evident in speeches from a different era or culture.

• Metaphor

• Dialect

• Ethos

• Folklore

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.K.5

What is the specific word choice an author uses to persuade or convey tone, purpose, or effect?

• Inference

• Foreshadowing

• Inference

• Diction

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

It contains levels of meaning expressed through figures of speech such as metaphor, simile, personification, and hyperbole, in order to create associations that are imaginative rather than literal.

• Genre

• Imagery

• Figurative language

• Irony

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5