Literary Devices

This Literary Device exaggerates for an effect.

This Literary Device is a reference to something the reader will recognize

This Literary Device actual meaning differs from the literal meaning.

This Literary Device has the narrator make no self-references at all, uses words like he or she

This Literary Device compares two unlike things using "like" or "as"

This Literary Device has the narrator use personal pronouns such as "I"

This Literary Device imitates sounds that correspond to its meaning

This Literary Device appeals to one or more of the senses.

This Literary Device compares two unlike things without using "like" or "as".

This Literary Device gives human traits to inanimate objects.

This Literary Device draws attention to words through repetition of their initial sound.

This Literary Device uses an object or action that represents something else