Literary Devices
What literary device is this example using...? Do you hear the mellow wedding bells off in the distance?
Assonance (Mellow, wedding,and bells all have the "E" sound)
What literary device is this example using...? "Back to the region where the sun is silent."
Synesthesia (The sun is not silent...it is bright)
What literary device is this example using...? It was so cold outside! The porch was cold, the ground was cold, and even the trees were cold!
Repetition or personification (Repeats the word cold and porches, the ground, and trees don't get cold)
What literary device is this example using...? I saw a fly up in the deep blue sky.
Rhyme (Fly and sky rhyme)
What literary device is this example using...? "Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the house..."
Rhythm (It has a nice flow)
What literary device is this example using...? Everyone was veiled in black that day for the death of their beloved leader.
Symbolism (Black represents death)
What literary device is this example using...? I lie down by the side of my new bride.
Assonance (Lie, side, and bride all have the "I" sound)
What literary device is this example using...? White waves washed over the sandy seashore.
Alliteration (The letter "W" is repeated often)
What literary device is this example using...? The rise in poverty will unlock the Pandora's box of crimes.
Allusion or Analogy (Alludes to the greek myth and gives cause and outcome)
What literary device is this example using...? The sword is the weapon of a warrior, while the pen is the weapon of a writer.
Analogy (Compares the different "wepons" of two different types of people)
What literary device is this example using...? I dropped the locket in the thick mud.
Consonance (Locket and thick both have the "K" sound)
What literary device is this example using...? "Toss the glass, boss!" he shouted.
Consonance or rhyme (Toss, glass, boss all have the "SS" sound, and toss and boss rhyme)
What literary device is this example using...? I am trying to solve a million issues these days!
Hyperbole (An extreme exaggeration)
What literary device is this example using...? "Every cloud has its silver lining but it is sometimes a little difficult to get it to the mint."
Idiom (It's a "saying". If you take it literally it won't make sense)
What literary device is this example using...? Woosh! The wind blew the cap off my head!
Onomatopoeia (Includes the sound, woosh)
What literary device is this example using...? He whiffed the sweet aroma of freshley brewed coffee.
Imagery (Whiffed, sweet, and aroma appeal to our senses)
What literary device is this example using...? Sadly, her grandma has passed away today.
Euphemism (Saying, "she died" in a nicer way)
What literary device is this example using...? The butter in the dish was as soft as a marbel slab
Irony (Marble is very hard)
What literary device is this example using...? My brother was boiling mad!
Metaphor (Compared without using like or as)
What literary device is this example using...? She was awfully pretty.
Oxymoron (Awful and pretty are completely different)
What literary device is this example using...? The wind whispered through dry grass.
Personification (Gave the wind human characteristics. Wind can't whisper)
What literary device is this example using...? A horse is a very *stable* animal.
Pun (Get it, horses live in stables)
What literary device is this example using...? Her golden hair was like the sun's bright rays.
Simile (Compared using like or as)
What literary device is this example using...? "We were partners, not soul mates, two separate people who happened to be sharing a menu and a life."
Zeugma (They are sharing a menu and life)
