Literary Devices Review

Sunrises and sunsets

This is how we sleep.  This is how our dreams arrive.

The house had a secret that it would not reveal.

Designed to help the reader or listener follow along and gives the text a musical quality

Speech Related to a Specific Area or Place

Something that stands for something else

Words With More Than One Meaning or a Positive or Negative Connotation

Lack of exaggeration used to lessen an idea

I quite like my life.

Comparison of two unlike things using "like" or "as"

Sentence structure

Repetition of vowel sounds in non-rhyming words

Comparison Between Two Unlike Things

Boom! Hiss! Crack! are examples of....

The direct meaning of a word (the dictionary definition)

I yelled at my mom, "You're like the Hitler of this house!"

Two contradictory terms (back to back)

Sally sells sea shells by the sea shore.

Word choice

Ideas or feelings associated with a word (you won't find this in the dictionary)

Seemingly contradictory statement that reveals some type of truth

Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words

“I can resist anything but temptation.” -Oscar Wilde

An indirect reference

Words or phrases with a meaning that is different from the literal meaning

Language that relates to and reflects the 5 senses

Hey y'all, I'm wantin' some pop.

Human characteristics given to something not human

Her eyes were like fireflies.

Sounds portrayed as words

Synonym for "Exaggeration"

Similar sentence structure