Literary Devices

3. When two or more ideas are contrasted near (not necessarily next to) each other.
4. When a group of words all link to one overall theme.
7. Asked not to get an answer, but rather to emphasise a point or create a dramatic effect.
10. words or phrases that elicit an emotional response from the reader.
11. The repetition of the same sounds (mainly consonants) usually at the beginning of words.
12. A plot device that can be used within a story to insert past events in order to provide context to the current events of a narrative.
17. Words, phrases or ideas are repeated for effect.
18. A type of imagery in which non-human objects, animals or ideas are given human characteristics.
19. Any repeated idea, theme or image that has a symbolic significance in the text.

1. The sounds of words to express or underline their meaning.
2. A repeated ‘s’ sound – either at the start, or in the middle of words
4. The different parts of a poem with gaps in the middle.
5. When the writer hints about something earlier on in a text that will become important or meaningful later on in the story.
6. The name given to an exaggerated phrase.
8. A comparison made using ‘like’ or ‘as’ to create a vivid image.
9. When the weather reflects the mood of the scene / character's feelings
13. A type of writing in which the settings, characters, and events stand for other, often larger ideas. i.e. Animal Farm about capitalism vs. communism
14. A comparison made without using 'like' or 'as'.
15. A number of connected items written one after the other.
16. Two opposites together. Loving hate, brawling love, Sweet sorrow…