Literary Devices

Front

Human traits to animals or lifeless objects

Back

personification

Front

A writer’s vivid description that engages the senses.

Back

imagery

Front

When words in a sentence share the same beginning consonant sound

Back

alliteration

Front

A band of bees barged brazenly into our yard.

Back

alliteration

Front

Birds chirped like a heavenly choir.

Back

simile

Front

Stars as diamonds in winter sky.

Back

metaphor

Front

Baby shattered my eardrums with non-stop crying.

Back

hyperbole

Front

Lost in a sea of nameless faces.

Back

metaphor

Front

Wheels of justice turn slowly.

Back

metaphor

Front

Truth as a bad taste on his tongue.

Back

simile