Literary devices AI Prompts

Explain a proverb's meaning and origin, suggest one for a situation, or show how to use one as an essay hook, evidence, or analysis subject.

Identify the mood a passage creates, named in precise words like eerie, tense, or nostalgic, with the word choice, imagery, and pacing that build it

Identify every occurrence of a motif, the recurring image, phrase, or idea a writer brings back across a piece, tied to the theme it builds

Identify every juxtaposition in a passage, poem, or scene, two contrasting things placed side by side for effect, checked against foil, oxymoron, and antithesis

Identify a story's literary archetypes, Hero, Mentor, Shadow, Trickster, and more, each one matched to the specific hero's journey stage where it appears

Identify every instance of foreshadowing in a story, chapter, or scene, each hint quoted, named by type, and explained for what it points toward

Identify every true instance of hyperbole in a text, each one quoted and explained for what it exaggerates, or generate original hyperbole for any topic

Analyze a passage, poem, or speech for every allusion, naming its biblical, mythological, literary, historical, or cultural source and the meaning it adds

Analyze whether a story functions as allegory by mapping its characters, events, and setting to the abstract idea or historical situation they represent

Analyze how an author builds a character, tracing direct and indirect characterization through the STEAL method with every trait backed by textual evidence

Identify every figure of speech in a passage, poem, or song, each one quoted, named by type, and explained for its meaning and effect

Identify every instance of consonance in a poem, story, or song, with each consonant sound quoted and placed at its start, middle, or end

Identify every aside in a scene, the remarks a character delivers to the audience unheard by others onstage, with the dramatic irony each one creates

Find every instance of personification in a passage or poem, or get personification suggestions for a scene you are writing

Get every onomatopoeia found in a poem, story, or song lyrics, or sound-word suggestions for a scene you are writing

Analyze a story's central conflict, typed across the six kinds from character vs self to character vs fate, and tied to theme

Identify every use of sensory imagery in a passage, poem, or scene, each one quoted, named for the sense it engages, and its mood effect

Find every true oxymoron in a passage or speech, kept separate from paradox and juxtaposition, or look up common pairings for a word

Find where any passage uses satire or parody, each instance named by technique and tied to what is being criticized or mimicked

Identify every instance of irony in a passage, story, or quote, each one named as verbal, situational, or dramatic and explained for its effect

Analyze a poem, story, or speech for every instance of alliteration, with each starting sound quoted and explained for its effect on rhythm and emphasis

Identify every instance of anaphora in a speech, poem, or passage, with each repeated phrase quoted and explained for its rhetorical effect

Identify every instance of assonance in a poem, story, or song, with each vowel sound quoted and explained for its effect on rhythm and mood