Literary Devices and Techniques

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Diction

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The choice of words or phrases in speech or writing.

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Alliteration

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Repetition of the same consonant sounds of two or more words that are close together.

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Charatonym

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Giving fictional characters names that describe them.

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Colon

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Preceded by a complete sentence, the colon can serve two purposes: introducing a list or emphasizing an idea.

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Dialogue

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An exchange of words between two or more characters.

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Em-Dash

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Can replace commas, parentheses, semicolons, colons, and are used to indicate added emphasis, extra material, commentary, interruptions, or an abrupt change of thought/tone.

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Euphemism

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Replacing offensive or combinations of words with lighter equivalents.

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Hyphenated Modifiers

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A unique way to express an emotion while making it an example. IE: Mom gave me the pick-up-your-laundry-off-the-floor look.

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Merism

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Describing people/objects by mentioning or listing their traits.

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Semicolon

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Similar to a period, the semicolon separates two complete sentences; the ideas in both sentences are related in some way.