Literary devices

Cards (11)

  • what are the 5 literary devices
    Imagery
    symbolism
    metaphor
    alliteration
    assonance
  • Assonance is the repetition of the vowel sound across words within the lines of the poem creating internal rhymes. Examples of assonance across words include: crying time; hop-scotch; great flakes; between trees; and, the kind knight rides by.
  • what literary device has the definition of the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected
    alliteration
  • Imagery is a literary device used in poetry, novels, and other writing that uses vivid description that appeals to a readers' senses to create an image or idea in their head.
  • Symbolism is a literary device that uses symbols, be they words, people, marks, locations, or abstract ideas to represent something beyond the literal meaning.
  • Metaphor is a common poetic device where an object in, or the subject of, a poem is described as being the same as another otherwise unrelated object. 
  • define which literary device it is
    • flowers
    imagery
  • what literary device is
    • tender heir
    assonance
  • which literary device is
    • red rose
    alliteration
  • what literary device is
    • egg, for fertility
    symbolism
  • what literary device is
    • You are the sunshine that gives light to my rain
    Metaphor