Literary Devices Flashcards

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Alliteration

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Repetition of consonant sounds. Example: Fair is foul, and foul is fair.

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Asyndetic listing

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Words are listed without the use of a conjunction. Example: I bought shoes, socks, a hat, trainers...

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Hyperbole

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An exaggeratory word or phrase. Example: I’ve told you a thousand times before.

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Juxtaposition

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Contrasting two ideas to highlight their differences. Example: The stars shone brightly in the inky blackness.

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Pathetic fallacy

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Gives human emotions to naturally-occurring things, often related to weather or natural phenomena.

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Polysyndetic listing

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Words are listed using a conjunction. Example: I bought trainers, and socks, and shoes and hats.

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Zoomorphism

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Giving animal characteristics to non-animals e.g. humans and objects. Example: She roared at the class to stop talking.

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Characterisation

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Creation or construction of a fictional character.

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Genre

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Style or category of literature, film, text.

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Motif

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An object, image, sound, or phrase that is repeated throughout a story to point toward the story's larger theme. Example: blood, nature, stars in Macbeth.