Literary Devices
* school english1. Alliteration
- Repeating of consonant sounds at the beggining of words
- Creates a musical or rhythmic effect in writing
2. Allusion
- Reference to a person, place, event, or work outside the current text
- Requires readers to make connections to external knowledge
3. Assonance
- Repetition of vowel sounds within words
- Creates a musical quality similar to rhyme
4. Foreshadowing
- Hints at events that will happen later in the story
- Used to build suspense or prepare readers for upcoming events
5. Hyperbole
- Extreme exaggeration used for emphasis
- Makes a point stronger through intentional overstatement
6. Imagery
- Words that appeal to the senses
- Helps readers visualize, hear, taste, touch, or smell what's being described
7. Irony
- Difference between what appears to be true and what actually is
- Can involve words, situations, or circumstances
8. Similie
- Compares two unlike things using "like" or "as"
- Makes comparisons explicit and clear
9. Metaphor
- Compares two unlike things without using "like" or "as"
- States that one thing IS another thing
10. Omnomatopeia
- Words that imitate the sounds they describe
- Examples: buzz, splash, chirp
11. Oxymoron
- Combination of two contradictory terms
- Examples: jumbo shrimp, deafening silence
12. Pathetic Fallacy
- Attributing human feelings or actions to non-human things
- Example: "The angry storm clouds gathered"
13. Personification
- Giving human-like qualities to non-human entities
- Similar to pathetic fallacy, but broader in scop
14. Symbolism
- Using objects, colors, or elements to represent abstract ideas
- Objects carry meaning beyond their literal interpretation
15. Elsewhere
15.1. References
15.2. In my garden
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