Devices

• What is an adjective?

  A describing word
• What is an adverb?

  A word that describes a verb
• What is alliteration?

  Repetition of a phrase at the beginning
• What is anaphora?

  Repetition of a phrase at the end
• What is anthropomorphism?

  Giving human characteristics to animals
• What is biblical allusion?

  Reference to a story in the Bible
• What is colloquialism?

  Words used in familiar conversation
• What is a cancel?

  Striking differences between ideas
• What is contrast?

  Differences between two or more ideas
• What is dehumanization?

  Depriving a group of human qualities
• What is emotive language?

  Specific word choice to evoke emotion
• What is epistrophe?

  Repetition of a phrase at the end
• What is a euphemism?

  A mild term for something harsh
• What is hyperbole?

  Exaggerated statements
• What is an idiom?

  Special phrasing with figurative meaning
• What is imagery?

  Writing that evokes mental images
• What is irony?

  Deliberately contrary to expectations
• What is juxtaposition?

  Two contrasting things placed together
• What is a metaphor?

  Figurative language saying something is something else
• What is metonymy?

  Replacing a name with something associated
• What is a motif?

  A recurring idea in a work
• What is an oxymoron?

  Two contradictory words together
• What is pastoral imagery?

  Highlights beauty of the natural world
• What is personification?

  Giving human qualities to inanimate objects
• What are pronouns?

  Words that replace nouns
• What is religious imagery?

  Ideas with religious significance
• What is repetition?

  Repeating certain words or phrases
• What is sarcasm?

  Use of irony to mock
• What is a semantic field?

  A set of words referring to the same subject
• What is sensory language?

  Using the five senses to describe
• What is symbolism?

  Something that represents another idea
• What is a simile?

  Using like or as to compare
• What is tone?

  The general attitude conveyed in writing
• What is a verb?

  A doing word
• What is a volta?

  The turning point in a poem
• What is zoomorphism?

  Animal characteristics given to humans
• What is onomatopoeia?

  Words that imitate sounds
• What is cacophony?

  Harsh, discordant sounds
• What is euphony?

  Pleasing, harmonious sounds
• What is sonance?

  Resonant sounds