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What is the term for a comparison between two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'?
Which language technique involves attributing human-like qualities to non-human entities?
What is the term for an exaggeration used for emphasis or effect?
Which language technique involves the repetition of initial consonant sounds in words that are close together?
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What is the term for language that creates vivid sensory experiences for the reader?
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Which language technique involves using objects, colors, or other elements to represent abstract ideas or concepts?
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What is the term for a contrast between what is expected to happen and what actually happens?
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Which language technique involves a reference to a person, place, event, or work of art that is outside the text itself?
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Study Notes
Language Techniques
Figurative Language
- Metaphor: A comparison between two unlike things without using "like" or "as"
- Simile: A comparison between two unlike things using "like" or "as"
- Personification: Attributing human-like qualities to non-human entities (e.g. objects, animals)
- Hyperbole: An exaggeration used for emphasis or effect
- Alliteration: The repetition of initial consonant sounds in words that are close together
- Onomatopoeia: Words that imitate the sounds they describe
Literary Devices
- Imagery: Language that creates vivid sensory experiences for the reader
- Symbolism: Using objects, colors, or other elements to represent abstract ideas or concepts
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Irony: A contrast between what is expected to happen and what actually happens
- Verbal irony: Saying the opposite of what you mean
- Situational irony: A contrast between what is expected to happen and what actually happens
- Dramatic irony: The audience knows something the characters do not
- Allusion: A reference to a person, place, event, or work of art that is outside the text itself
Sound Devices
- Assonance: The repetition of vowel sounds in words that are close together
- Consonance: The repetition of consonant sounds in words that are close together
- Enjambment: A sentence or phrase that continues into the next line without punctuation
- Caesura: A pause or break within a line of poetry
Rhetorical Devices
- Rhetorical question: A question asked for effect, not to elicit a response
- Anaphora: The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses
- Epistrophe: The repetition of a word or phrase at the end of successive clauses
- Antithesis: The juxtaposition of two contrasting ideas or phrases
Language Techniques
Figurative Language
- Metaphor is a comparison between two unlike things without using "like" or "as"
- Simile is a comparison between two unlike things using "like" or "as"
- Personification gives human-like qualities to non-human entities, such as objects or animals
- Hyperbole is an exaggeration used for emphasis or effect
- Alliteration is the repetition of initial consonant sounds in words that are close together
- Onomatopoeia is a word that imitates the sound it describes
Literary Devices
- Imagery is language that creates vivid sensory experiences for the reader
- Symbolism uses objects, colors, or other elements to represent abstract ideas or concepts
- Irony is a contrast between what is expected to happen and what actually happens
- Verbal irony involves saying the opposite of what you mean
- Situational irony involves a contrast between what is expected to happen and what actually happens
- Dramatic irony occurs when the audience knows something the characters do not
- Allusion is a reference to a person, place, event, or work of art that is outside the text itself
Sound Devices
- Assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds in words that are close together
- Consonance is the repetition of consonant sounds in words that are close together
- Enjambment is a sentence or phrase that continues into the next line without punctuation
- Caesura is a pause or break within a line of poetry
Rhetorical Devices
- Rhetorical question is a question asked for effect, not to elicit a response
- Anaphora is the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses
- Epistrophe is the repetition of a word or phrase at the end of successive clauses
- Antithesis is the juxtaposition of two contrasting ideas or phrases
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Test your knowledge of literary devices such as metaphor, simile, personification, and more. Identify and understand the different figurative language techniques used in literature.
