Literary Devices

Front

Device comparing two things using 'like' or 'as'

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Simile

Front

Device comparing two things without 'like' or 'as'

Back

Metaphor

Front

Device giving human qualities to non-human entities

Back

Personification

Front

Device using exaggeration

Back

Hyperbole

Front

Literary device: "The light danced across the water."

Back

Personification

Front

Literary device: "My students are shining stars!"

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Metaphor

Front

Description appealing to senses

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Imagery

Front

Writer's attitude towards reader and subject

Back

Tone

Front

Central idea of literature

Back

Theme

Front

Literary device: "Her perfume smelled like a garden of fresh roses in spring."

Back

Imagery