Literary Devices

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Metaphor

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A figure of speech that involves an implicit comparison between two unlike things by stating one is the other.

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Simile

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

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Personification

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A literary device where human qualities are given to animals, objects, or ideas.

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Hyperbole

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An exaggerated statement or claim not meant to be taken literally.

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Alliteration

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The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

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Onomatopoeia

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A word that phonetically imitates, resembles, or suggests the sound that it describes.

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Irony

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A literary device where the intended meaning is different from the actual meaning of the words.

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Idiom

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A phrase or expression that has a figurative meaning different from its literal meaning.