Literary Devices

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What is Hyperbole?

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A figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express a strong emotion or create a statement.

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What is Diction?

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A style of writing determined by the choice of words by a writer, also known as 'lexical choice'.

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What is Foreshadowing?

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A literary device in which a writer gives an advance hint of what is to come later in the story.

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What is Onomatopoeia?

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A word that mimics a sound.

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What is Symbolism?

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Using symbols to represent something.

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What is Imagery?

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Descriptive language that appeals to the senses and creates a visual representation in the reader's mind.

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What is a Metaphor?

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A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'.

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What is a Simile?

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A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'.

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What is Personification?

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A literary device that gives human-like traits to non-living objects or abstract concepts.

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What is Alliteration?

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The repetition of the same initial consonant sounds in a sequence of words.