Figurative Language and Literary Devices

This is a literary device that involves intentionally using the same word or phrase at least twice or more for effect.

• Analogy

• Repetition

• Alliteration

• Imagery

This is the set of ideas associated with a word in addition to its explicit meaning.

• Mood

• Tone

• Connotation

• Denotation

A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth is a:

• Paradox

• Pun

• Symbol

• Oxymoron

This is visually descriptive language using the 5 senses.

• Analogy

• Imagery

• Symbol

• Suspense

This is anything that stands for or represents something else.

• Suspense

• Mood

• Symbol

• Allusion

This is the writer's attitude toward his or her audience and subject.

• Mood

• Connotation

• Denotation

• Tone

What literary device is the following?

Icy hot

• Oxymoron

• Anaphora

• Pun

• Alliteration

The following is the definition of which word?

A comparison without using like or as

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Onomatopoeia

• Hyperbole

What is the following an example of?

When life gets hard, I just remember to keep on swimming. (Think "Finding Nemo")

• Allusion

• Alliteration

• Assonance

• Personification

What literary device is the following an example of? “Every breath you take, Every move you make, Every bond you break, Every step you take I’ll be watching you” -The Police

• Anaphora

• Paradox

• Metaphor

• Simile