Literary Devices 2

Personification is

• language that creates a sensory experience for the reader.

• a reference to a famous person, event, or other work of art.

• when an author gives nonhuman animals and inanimate objects human characteristics.

• the repetition of the initial consonant sounds of words that are near each other.

Assonance is

• the repetition of vowel sounds in words that are near each other.

• the repetition of the initial consonant sound in words that are near each other.

• the repetition of the "s" sound.

• words that sound like what they describe.

Alliteration is

• a reference to a famous person, event, or other work of art.

• giving human qualities to nonhuman animals and inanimate objects.

• the repetition of vowel sounds in words near each other.

• the repetition of initial consonant sounds in words near each other.

Allusion is

• the speaker's attitude towards the subject matter.

• a reference to a famous person, event, or work of art.

• the repetition of initial consonant sounds in words near each other.

• words that create a sensory experience for the reader.

Imagery is

• language that creates a sensory experience.

• a reference to a famous person, event, or work of art.

• a literal object, person, situation, or action that represents or suggests other meanings.

• the universal message or idea the author wants to communicate.

A symbol is

• is an object, a person, a situation, or an action that has a literal meaning but suggests or represents other meanings.

• an extreme exaggeration.

• Using “like” or “as” to compare two different things and show a common quality between them.

  
  

• a word that sounds like what it means.

Hyperbole is

• giving human traits to nonhuman things.

• a comparison that does not use "like" or "as."

• an extreme exaggeration.

• the overall atmosphere or feeling of a piece.

Tone is

• the author or speaker's attitude towards the subject.

• the overall atmosphere or feeling of the piece.

• the universal message or idea the author wants to communicate.

• the literal meaning of a word.

Diction is

• the speaker's attitude towards the subject.

• the author's word choice.

• the mood.

• the tone.