Literary Devices

Front

Device giving human traits to non-human things?

Back

personification

Front

Device comparing unlike things using 'like' or 'as':

Back

simile

Front

Device for repetition of consonant sounds at word beginnings

Back

alliteration

Front

Device that compares two unlike things without 'like' or 'as'.

Back

metaphor

Front

Descriptive language appealing to the five senses.

Back

sensory language

Front

Device representing meaning beyond itself?

Back

symbolism