Literary Devices

Replacing a harsh or potentially offensive word or phrase with something milder and less direct.

• Symbolism

• Euphemism

• Oxymoron

• Irony

The arrangement of words in a sentence

• Syntax

• Diction

• Imagery

• Foreshadowing

The use of extreme exaggeration to provoke strong emotion from readers.

• Oxymoron

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

The use of vivid language to generate ideas or evoke mental images, typically using the 5 senses.

• Symbolism

• Metaphor

• Imagery

• Hyperbole

The word choice of the speaker or author

• Syntax

• Mood

• Tone

• Diction

Narrative devices used to enhance writing by adding depth and excitement to it; the unusual use of language for a special effect; goes beyond the literal definitions of words.

• Literary Devices

• Allusion

• Mood

• Alliteration

When the author subtly hints at something that is going to happen later in the text

• Tone

• Foreshadowing

• Allusion

• Imagery

Repeated consonant sounds at the beginning of words placed near each other, usually the same or adjacent lines

• Simile

• Irony

• Alliteration

• Allusion

The atmosphere of a piece of writing; the emotions the reader feels while reading

• Mood

• Tone

• Syntax

• Diction

Giving an inanimate object human or lifelike qualities

• Oxymoron

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification