Common Literary Devices

Using exaggeration to add more power to the speech

Giving objects/plants/lifeless creatures human characteristics

A figure of speech that contradict itself but contains some truth,theme,humor

Combining words with contractionary words with opposing meaning

Using repetition of short phrases or single words at the beginning to enhace rhythm

Two words are combined in order to form a poetic expression that refers to a person or a thing

Providing background info.

Words that imitates sounds

The word for one thing is used to refer to smt related to that thing

Writing that invokes the reader's senses with descriptive word choice

Conjuctions between words/phrases/caluses that are intentionally omitted

Places smn or smt associated with a particular historical time in the wrong time period.

Comparing two different things to show similarity

Comparing two different things to point out similarities with the words 'like' or 'as'

Rearrenging the normal word order to create a new effect

Reference to a well-known person/character/place/event

Containing one or many repeating words at the end of lines

The use of writing that is today considered old fashion

Using multiple repetitions of the same conjuction

Repetition of a word or phrase in quick succession

Using a sequence of words that begin with the same letter or sound

Hinting at future events in a story

Where a part of smt represent the whole or visa versa