Literary devices and definitions

Literary devices include:

Allegory - a symbolic representationi.e. The blindfolded figure with scales is an allegory of justice.

Alliteration - the repetition of the initial consonant. There should be at least two repetitions in a row. i.e. Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.

Allusion – A reference to a famous person or event in life or literature. i.e. She is as pretty as the Mona Lisa.

Analogy - the comparison of two pairs which have the same relationship. i.e. shoe is to foot as tire is to wheel

Assonance - the repetition of similar vowel sounds in a sentence.
Climax - the turning point of the action in the plot of a play or story. The climax represents the point of greatest tension in the work.

Foreshadowing - hints of what is to come in the action of a play or a story

Hyperbole - a figure of speech involving exaggeration.

Metaphor - A comparison in which one thing is said to be another. i.e. The cat's eyes were jewels, gleaming in the darkness.

Onomatopoeia - the use of words to imitate the sounds they describe.i.e. The burning wood crackled and hissed.

Oxymoron - putting two contradictory words together. i.e. bittersweet, jumbo shrimp, and act naturally

Personification - is giving human qualities to animals or objects.i.e. The daffodils nodded their yellow heads.

Pun - A word is used which has two meanings at the same time, which results in humor.

Simile - figure of speech involving a comparison between unlike things using like, as, or as though.
i.e. She floated in like a cloud.

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