Literary Devices

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Giving inanimate objects human or living traits

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Personification

Front

An exaggerated claim for emphasis.

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Hyperbole

Front

Opposite terms placed together in a sentence or phrase.

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Oxymoron

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Figurative language appealing to the senses

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Imagery

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Comparison of two unlike things using like or as

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Simile

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A reference in text to another work or historical event providing context.

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Allusion

Front

Repetition of initial consonant sounds

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Alliteration

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Repeating words or sounds for emphasis

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Repetition

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Perspective from which the story is told

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Point of view

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A hint of what will happen in the story

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Foreshadowing