Literary Devices Flashcards

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Simile

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Compare two things using "like" or "as"

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Hyperbole

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Extreme exaggeration; dramatic

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Alliteration

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Same beginning sound repeated

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Metaphor

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Compare two things without using "like" or "as"

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Personification

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When human traits are given to something that is not a person

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Oxymoron

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Opposite words next to each other

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Onomatopoeia

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Sound words

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Pun

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A play on words; words have double meaning (funny dad jokes)

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Symbol

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An object used to represent something else

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Imagery

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Descriptive/sensory language used to describe something