Tharin Literary and Poetic Devices

It had not been successful because[...] I tried to discover the truth and not the facts

sense impression relating to one sense or part of the body by stimulation of another

After not eating all day, the salty, sebaceous fast food tasted like the sweet ambrosia of gods

“To err is human; to forgive divine.”

when one who is not present is addressed or an inanimate object is addressed

extreme pride and arrogance that serves to bring about a character's downfall

a gaunt old woman exuding her old-fox smell mixed with oriental incense and candle wax

"That dress is such a loud color!"

Spongebob isn't the best driver.

purification and purgation of emotion that results in renewal, usually at the end of a text

when a narrative’s events are contradictory to the audience’s expectations.

pause, often marked by punctuation inside a line of poetry, colormarked by 2 vertical lines

quote or sentence at the beginning of a novel by another author to provide context

The school bus arrived with a screech from the wheels and hissed after coming to a full stop.

lack of conjunctions in part of a sentence such as a list

a statement that appears to be self-contradictory but may include a hidden truth

the brains gathered to calculate the distance to shoot the alien spacecraft before it attacked.

"Piano: It is operated by depressing the keys of the machine and the spirits of the audience."

he pulled up around his vitals the soggy, icy garment-suddenly my groin felt the chill of death

The main character in a story

words or speech that insult or denounce a person, topic, or institution

The bicycle couldn't stand on its own because it was two-tired.

“I blush, I burn, I shudder, while I pen the damnable atrocity.”

"I am a deeply superficial person."

Her voice is full of money.

one word (usually a verb) is understood differently in relation to two or more other words.

"The local I rode puffed and yanked and stalled and yawed across the cotton country."

My grandmother is as old as the hills.

normally considered a fault in style: something needlessly said twice, but in different words

recurring elements such as image, sound, action, or other figures that contribute to theme

An extended metaphor that is used in an entire poem or a large part of it

word or expression substituted for one that might be considered too rude or disrespectful.

the universe is so large and man is so small that the universe is indifferent to plight of man

A word with two or more possible meanings; often leads intentionally to vagueness and confusion

word or phrase attached to place, thing or person making its characteristics more prominent

a chronological error in a literary piece; something that is out of place and out of time

He stood stiff, back straight and muscles clenched. Then, he rapidly melted into a fluid run.

one word or phrase is substituted for another with which it is closely associated

Repetition of initial consonant sounds

“I walked across the hot pavement toward that smile and the green polka-dot dress"

The kitten caught crabs because it couldn't catch catfish

"Chuck Norris doesn't run from fear- fear runs from him."

In poetry, the continuation of a sentence without a pause at the end of a line

a distinctive character,action, or situation that represent universal patterns of human nature.

Repetition of the last word or words of one phrase or sentence at the beginning of the next

Repetition of phrases or words at the end of the clauses or sentences

Repetition of the first and last word or words of a phrase or sentence.

“I walked across the hot pavement toward that smile and the green polka-dot dress"