Literary Devices - E11

Front

Use of conjunctions (usually AND) between items in a list

Back

polysyndeton

Front

Writing or speech not meant to be taken literally

Back

figurative language

Front

A figure of speech where a nonhuman subject is given human traits.

Back

personification

Front

Repetition of consonant sounds at the start of adjacent words.

Back

alliteration

Front

A figure of speech where one thing is described as another.

Back

metaphor

Front

A figure of speech making a direct comparison using LIKE or AS.

Back

simile

Front

Use of words that imitate sounds

Back

onomatopoeia

Front

A figure of speech addressing an absent person or personified idea.

Back

apostrophe

Front

Reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or art

Back

allusion

Front

Perspective from which a story is told

Back

point of view