English Literature Techniques - Statistics

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Description Technique % Correct
A direct comparison saying one thing is another, which is not literally aplicable. "Time is a thief." Metaphor
76%
Extreme exaggeration. "I've told you a million times!" Hyperbole
72%
Words that imitate sounds "Bang!" Onomatopoeia
72%
Two contradicting words together. "Bittersweet." Oxymoron
59%
Giving human qualities to non-human things. "The trees danced in the wind." Personification
59%
Words starting with the same letter "The still, silver, silent, sea." Alliteration
55%
Short personal story "From my experience, I've had a tree explode in my face during the winter." Anecdote
55%
Hinting at future events. Grunkle Stan holding Ford's glasses in episode 16, "Carpet Diem". Foreshadowing
48%
Placing contrasting ideas side by side. "Better late than never." juxtaposition
48%
Question not expecting an answer "You think I wanted thing's to end this way?" Rhetorical question
45%
Repeated "s" sounds "The sneaky snake slithered." Sibilance
45%
A comparison using "like" or "as". "She ran like the wind." Similie
45%
Weather reflecting tone or emotion, used to create a atmosphere or mirror a character's internal state. "The angry storm." Pathetic fallacy
41%
Repetition at the beginning of sentences "We'll fight for our country, we'll die for our country, we'll win for our country!" Anaphora
31%
visually descriptive writing appealing to the senses "The sour smell of smoke filled the room." Imagery
31%
Contrast between expectation and reality. An astronomer being afraid of the dark. Irony
31%
Appeal to logic. a rhetorical technique to capture an audiences sense of logic reason and intellect. Logos
31%
Appeal to emotion. A rhetorical technique defined as an appeal to the audiences emotions used to persuade by triggering emotions. Pathos
31%
A object representing a deeper idea/concept Doves representing peace. Symbolism
31%
Repeated vowel sounds "Slow road home." Assonance
28%
Appeal to credibility. Represents the moral values credibility and attitudes that define behavior. In rhetoric, based on the speaker's credibility. Ethos
28%
Matching end sounds Cat/hat, bat/pat, etc. Rhyme
28%
A reference to another text, event, religion, or myth. The amphibia episode "Wax museum" featuring Grunkle Stan and Soos from Gravity Falls. Allusion
24%
Ending with unresolved tension "He left into the forest, we have yet to recieve any info regarding his survival." Cliffhanger
24%
Command sentence "Come here and sit." Imperative
24%
Grouping ideas is threes "She's pretty, kind, caring and so much more!" Rule of three/Triadic structure
24%
Turning point in a poem " I thought the dark was empty, silent and still,but then it answered back. " Volta
24%
Repeated consonant sounds "Sometimes you have to look up at the sky and simply wait and wonder." Consonance
21%
Speaking directly to reader "So you see, money isnt always everything." Direct address
21%
Using softer terms for something harsh. "She passed away" Euphemism
21%
Scene set in the past In the episode "A Tale of Two Stans." we see Ford's and Stan's childhood. Flashback
21%
Repeated symbols or ideas. Repeating references to a dead character. Motif
21%
Informal everyday language "Gonna", "finna", "y'all", "ain't", etc Colloquialism
17%
Ending mirroes beginning The novel "Animal Farm" by George Orwell closes with the animals oppressed by a ruling class, the pigs. While the novel opens with oppression from Farmer Jones. Cyclical structure
17%
Statement sentence "And hereby i declare war on our neighbouring country." Declarative
17%
Words designed to provoke emotion "They are eating the dogs!" Emotive language
17%
Sentence continues over line break in poetry. " I walked into the city because the city had finally become to loud to bear. " Enjambment
14%
Repetition of hard explosive sounds like p, b, and t. "Bang, back to back." Plosives
14%
Question sentence "Could you pass me the salt?" Interrogative
7%
Long sentences to build tension "Absalom, Absalom!" by William Faulkner features a sentence over 1,200 words long. Long sentence
7%
Brief sentence for impact "He stopped." Short sentence
7%
No conjuctions used. "I came, I saw, I conquered." Asyndeton
3%
Repetition at the end of sentences "See no evil, hear no evil." Epiphora
3%
Sentence showing strong emotion "Mom, dad, look! A pelican!" Exclamatory
3%
A paragraph consisting of one sentence "Then, he started running at me." Single sentence paragraph
3%
A deliberate pause in the middle of a line in a poem " The sky was burning - and nobody moved smoke climbed slowly upward. " Causura
0%
Deliberately using harsh language. "Come on, don't be a chicken!" Dysphemism
0%
Understatement using negation. "The team didn't disappoint." Lilotes
0%
Words with strong connotations Loaded language
0%
Many conjunctions used "It's always this and that and everything!" Polysyndeton
0%
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