Literary devices

"Death is a long sleep."

a brief reference to a person, place, or idea of historical, cultural,or literary significance.

“Why, then, O brawling love! O loving hate!" -Juliet

The part is used to represent the whole or vice versa.

The repetition of the initial consonant sound (vowels don't matter)

I have a mountain of homework!

The "voice" that the author adopts when writing

A comparison that does NOT use like or as

The close repetition of vowel sounds in conjunction with dissimilar consonants. ex at, ask

Substituting the name of something closely related to represent the thing ex.suit for executive

A comparison using like or as

Words that imitate sounds

"Nice wheels!" (meaning I like your CAR)

A figure of speech that puts together two contradictory ideas

"Sally sells seashells" is best described as an example of

The meaning of the word BEYOND its dictionary definition

Giving human qualities to a non human subject

"Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines"

Deliberate exaggeration not meant to be taken literally

Chocolate was her Achilles’ heel.