Literary Devices

Metaphor is

• Comparison between two things without using like or as

• Comparison between two things using like or as

• giving human qualities to non human things

• a state of things that are opposite to what you would expect

Simile is

• Comparison between two things without using like or as

• Comparison between two things using like or as

• giving human qualities to non human things

• a state of things that are opposite to what you would expect

Personification is

• Comparison between two things without using like or as

• Comparison between two things using like or as

• giving human qualities to non human things

• a state of things that are opposite to what you would expect

Irony is

• Comparison between two things without using like or as

• Comparison between two things using like or as

• giving human qualities to non human things

• a state of things that are opposite to what you would expect

Imagery is

• two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect

• ...is a kind of metaphor - using symbols to represent ideas or qualities

• vivid description that appeals to a readers' senses to create an image or idea in their mind

• opposite ideas that reveals a truth despite its impossibility

Juxtaposition is

• two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect

• ...is a kind of metaphor - using symbols to represent ideas or qualities

• vivid description that appeals to a readers' senses to create an image or idea in their mind

• opposite ideas that reveals a truth despite its impossibility

Paradox is

• two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect

• ...is a kind of metaphor - using symbols to represent ideas or qualities

• vivid description that appeals to a readers' senses to create an image or idea in their mind

• opposite ideas that reveals a truth despite its impossibility

Symbolism is

• two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect

• ...is a kind of metaphor - using symbols to represent ideas or qualities

• vivid description that appeals to a readers' senses to create an image or idea in their mind

• opposite ideas that reveals a truth despite its impossibility

Allusion is

• two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect

• A direct comparison from an object in a text to a real world object

• vivid description that appeals to a readers' senses to create an image or idea in their mind

• opposite ideas that reveals a truth despite its impossibility

Hyperbole is

• a metaphorical exaggeration used for emphasis for dramatic effect

• A direct comparison from an object in a text to a real world object

• vivid description that appeals to a readers' senses to create an image or idea in their mind

• opposite ideas that reveals a truth despite its impossibility