Literary Devices & Genres

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Attribution of human characteristics to nonhuman entities or abstract qualities.

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Personification

Front

Comparison of different things to enhance description, often emphatic or vivid.

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Simile

Front

A figure of speech where a word/phrase is applied to an object/action not literally applicable.

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Metaphor

Front

One thing is said, another is meant.

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Irony

Front

Literary device that hints at future events.

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Foreshadowing

Front

A word that mimics the sound it describes.

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Onomatopoeia

Front

Two or more words linked by the same initial consonant sound.

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Alliteration

Front

Things represent other things.

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Symbolism

Front

Self-contradictory statement revealed by scrutiny.

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Paradox

Front

Use of figurative language to evoke sensory experience

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Imagery