Literary Devices (abridged list)

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What is Imagery?

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Imagery is a literary device that creates a mental picture using the five senses: sight, smell, taste, hearing, and touch.

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What is a Simile?

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A simile is a figure of speech that compares two different things using the words 'like' or 'as'.

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What literary device compares two things without using 'like' or 'as'?

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A metaphor compares two things directly, stating that one is the other.

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What is Connotation?

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Connotation refers to the emotional meaning or the associations that a word carries beyond its literal definition.

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What is Personification?

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Personification is a literary device where non-human things are given human characteristics.

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What is Hyperbole?

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Hyperbole is an exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally, used for emphasis or effect.

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What is Alliteration?

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

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What is an Oxymoron?

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An oxymoron is a figure of speech that combines contradictory terms, such as 'bittersweet'.

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What is an Allusion?

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An allusion is a reference to a well-known person, place, event, or work of literature.

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What is a Theme in literature?

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A theme is the central idea or underlying message in a literary work.