LITERARY DEVICES AND EXAMPLES

The message of a text, like “the importance of friendship” or "love conquers all"

____7. Credibility, authority; education, experience

But a better butter makes a batter better.

The voice of the text

The reason behind a writer’s work; what the writing is intending to accomplish.

good and evil, man and woman start out as enemies and fall in love, things happen in threes

Language that appeals to the senses: “The dense, gray fog enveloped me...

"Remi was a Romeo, wooing all the women with his good looks and charm.”

I am trying to solve a million issues in an hour.

when the reader knows the thoughts, actions, and motives of many characters

____6. Logic and reason, facts and statistics.

Her house was a cave.

narrator is part of the story and tells it from his perspective

The "rustling" leaves kept me awake.

Time and tide wait for none.

Death wandered the battlefield.

The rearrangement of words in a sentence from their typical word order.

"So sick, so sick of being tired. And oh so tired of being sick."

Do something at the drop of a hat

____4. The pattern of rhyme in a poem, like ABAB, CDCD, etc.

Language used for rhetorical effect incorporating several literary devices.

____9. The attitude of a speaker toward the subject.

instructions, directions, when reader is spoken to a "you"

The balanced/equal structure of a sentence/text.

Surroundings; clues that hint at a meaning

Words like “boom,” “pop,” and “hiss”—the words themselves make the sound they are describing

narrator is not part of the story and only knows the thoughts and feelings of one character.

“My feet practically begged me to sit down because they were tired.”

"If ever two were one - then surely we . . ."

Tells a story

A deeply symbolic story

There are boat loads of other things to do.

The intended recipient of a message; the group or person a person is speaking or writing to

____7. A strong comparison.

____5. To suggest something without stating it directly or literally

____3. Exaggeration, such as “I am so hungry, I could eat my hand.”

____8. Details that appeal to emotion.

ABABCDCDEFEFGG

Emotion evoked in the reader of a text

“Chocolate was her Achilles’ heel.”

“The ocean was as clear and smooth as a piece of glass.”

A comparison that uses “like” or “as.”

The assignment was a breeze.

Our soldiers are as brave as lions.

Group of lines in a poem

____6. Giving human traits to something nonhuman or inanimate.

"My life is my purpose. My life is my goal. My life is my inspiration."

The young writer was rightly called the Shakespeare of modern times.

The basketball player was as big as an elephant.

“Give me liberty, or give me death!”