Literary Devices

5. the use of words to imitate sounds
8. a verse in a poem that repeats at intervals
10. two words side by side that should be opposites
11. an image or object that represents something else
13. the repetition of consonant sounds in the middle or end of words in close proximity
14. a comparison between two things that are not really similar
16. when the structure and meaning of a line stops at the end of the line and does not run over to the next
18. an earlier event is inserted into the normal chronological order of a narrative to fill in the back story
21. the repetition of the initial consonant sounds in closely connected words
24. a hint or suggestion of events yet to happen
25. the dictionary definition of a word
26. a pause or breathing place about the middle of a metrical line of poetry
27. the voice of a literary work
29. the feelings or attitude of the reader

1. an intentional overstatement
2. the structure and meaning of a line of poetry runs over into the next line.
3. verse poetry that is free of rhyme and rhythm
4. the emotion the word evokes
6. the writer's attitude towards the subject
7. distinctive human characteristics are given to something non-human
9. the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in poetry
12. a narrative poem written in rhyming quatrains
13. a rhymed pair of lines, usually of the same length
15. a verse of four lines
17. the repetition of vowel sounds in the middle or ends of closely connected words
19. an overused expression
20. the omission of one or more letters or syllables from a word
22. vivid word pictures
23. the opposite of what is expected occurs instead
28. an implied or indirect reference to something known in history, art, or literature