Literary Devices

Comparing two unlike things using "like" or "as"

• simile

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

A direct comparison of two unlike things

• simile

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

An exaggeration

• simile

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

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

• hyperbole

• alliteration

• symbol

• onomatopoeia

Sound words

• hyperbole

• alliteration

• symbol

• onomatopoeia

A reference to a famous person, place, event, or work of literature.

• alliteration

• simile

• allusion

• imagery

Two rhyming lines

• rhyme scheme

• rhythm

• couplet

• poetry

Giving human qualities to an animal, object, or idea.

• allusion

• alliteration

• symbol

• personification

Something that stands for something beyond itself.

• allusion

• alliteration

• symbol

• personification

Words or phrases that appeal to any of the five senses.

• simile

• imagery

• symbol

• analogy