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Literary Devices
Literary Devices
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A review of literary devices used in English to enrich literary understanding and expression
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1
Oh sky, why do you rain? or "I miss you so much," said Tom to a picture of his family.
Anaphora
Apostrophe
Chiasmus
Alliteration
2
To me time slowly goes. Together a show we enter. Unheard applause in your mind. Again begin.
Inversion
Euphamism
Alliteration
Allegory
3
We learned our ABCs, The pen is mightier than the sword
Anachronism
Inversion
Metonymy
Hyperbole
4
Every day, Every night, in every way, I am getting better and better.
Oxymoron
Onomatopeia
Anaphora
Antithesis
5
Never let a fool kiss you or a kiss fool you, lost because you fear or fear because you're lost
Irony
Allusion
Allegory
Chiasmus
6
Crying crows counted rows of cackling witches that caught naughty boys by their britches
Alliteration
Antithesis
Irony
Assonance
7
Correctional Facility instead of Jail, Big boned instead of fat, passed away instead of dead
Metaphor
Antithesis
Oxymoron
Euphamism
8
He is not a giant instead of he's short, she's not the best at basketball instead of she's bad.
Onomatopoeia
Synecdoche
Anaphora
Litotes
9
The triangle called the circle pointless
Litotes
Pun
Euphamism
Synecdoche
10
A person who always exercises dies young, Someone bullied for being ugly wins a beauty contest.
Irony
Inversion
Assonance
Understatement
11
Jumbo Shrimp, Great depression or Act Naturally
Onomatopeia
Oxymoron
Metaphor
Metonymy
12
The sun smiles, My paper flies away, A cold wind embraces me
Rhetorical Shift
Paradox
Personification
Metonymy
13
You are a great student, but you are on your phone too much.
Understatement
Rhetorical Shift
Pun
Simile
14
My mind is a black hole. Her house is a war zone.
Metaphor
Similie
Euphamism
Allusion
15
Boom, Crash, Bang, Swish, Slither, Hiss, Plop...
Onomatopoeia
Hyperbole
Assonance
Apostrophe
16
The open home was owned by lonely poems that he wrote alone
Alliteration
Assonance
Allusion
Antithesis
17
Paradox
The sound of laughter
A truthful comment
War is Peace
Everything is Nothing
18
Dante's Inferno, where the greedy fight with heavy weights and the lustful are blown by wind.
Hyperbole
Allegory
Anaphora
Alliteration
19
She is as sly as a fox.
Allegory
Chiasmus
Metaphor
Similie
20
That test was impossible, You're the best mom in the world, that was the worst movie ever!
Hyperbole
Assonance
Apostrophe
Litotes
