Literary Devices

A radical change in the expected direction or outcome

Non-human objects or animals are given human characteristics

A comparison drawn between two or more unlike things

What day is Miss. Edison's last day with you?

Reference to something which exists outside the text

A noun which has meaning in itself is used to represent something else

A comparison drawn between two or more unlike things using 'like' or 'as'

An exaggeration or impossible statement

A transition in a story to an earlier time, that interrupts the normal chronological order of e

An advance sign or warning of what is to come in the future

Language which creates a picture in the mind of the reader

A feeling given by the environment

Paired words which should alike