Literary Devices

a grouping of lines in a poem, having the appearance of a paragraph

• Rhyme

• Stanza

• Meter

• Simile

in poetry, the repetition of the sound of a vowel

• Alliteration

• Assonance

• Apostrophe

• Consonance

in literature, the element that makes readers feel certain feelings or emotions because of the author's word choice

• Mood

• Tone

• Theme

• Topic

in literature, the narrator's attitude toward the topic of the text

• Mood

• Topic

• Opinion

• Tone

the idea, lesson, or message that a work of literature teaches or emphasizes to readers

• Topic

• Theme

• Moral

• Mood

when what is unexpected happens; it is used in literature to entertain or create suspense

• Rising Actions

• Diction

• Irony

• Climax

comparing two seemingly unlike things using only a linking verb (is, are, was, were)

• Simile

• Symbol

• Metaphor

• Figurative Language

comparing two seemingly unlike things using like or as

• Metaphor

• Apostrophe

• Irony

• Simile

language in literature that stimulates the human senses (sight, taste, touch, sound, smell)

• Imagery

• Personification

• Figurative Language

• Anthropomorphism

giving or attributing human qualities to animals or inanimate objects

• Anthropomorphism

• Zoomorphism

• Patronizing

• Personification