Literary Devices

What is exaggeration for effect?

• Antithesis

• Ambiguity

• Hyperbole

• Irony

A stop or a pause in a line of poetry - usually caused by punctuation.

• caesura

• enjambment

• stanza

• rhyme

A use of words to mean the opposite of what they appear to mean.

• caesura

• irony

• pathetic fallacy

• enjambment

What are the repeated 'S' sounds most often caused by?

• Alliteration

• Plosive

• Sibilance

• Assonance

What is a repetition of vowel sounds?

• Alliteration

• Plosive

• Sibilance

• Assonance

What is the term for two ideas being placed close together for contrasting effect?

• Anaphora

• Juxtaposition

• Oxymoron

• Semantic field

What is a figure of speech in which two contradictory things are placed together in a way which makes peculiar sense?

• Anaphora

• Juxtaposition

• Oxymoron

• Semantic field

What is a cluster of words relating to the same topic?

• Anaphora

• Juxtaposition

• Oxymoron

• Semantic field

What is a word, phrase or situation where there are two or more possible meanings and it is unclear which is the correct one?

• Antithesis

• Ambiguity

• Hyperbole

• Irony

A turning point in the line of thought or argument in poem.