Literary Devices

words that make sounds. (snap, crackle, pop)

• simile

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

• hyperbole

1. an extreme exaggeration to make a point.

(It was a million degrees in the room.)

• hyperbole

• simile

• metphor

• symbolism

use of words that describe a situation in such detail that it makes the reader feel as if she is using one of the five senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste)

• metaphor

• simile

• imagery

• hyperbole

terms that contradict one another. (jumbo shrimp)

• metphor

• symbolism

• oxymoron

• hyperbole

is a word or phrase which means something different from what it says.  (It's raining cats and dogs.)

• symbolism

• oxymoron

• idiom

• simile

when a writer uses one thing to represent a much bigger idea; (a heart represents love)

• simile

• hyperbole

• alliteration

• symbolism

a direct comparison of two things by saying one thing IS another.  (Her lips were rose petals.)

• hyperbole

• alliteration

• simile

• metaphor

1. a comparison of two unlike things using "like" or "as". 

(Her lips are as red as rose petals.)

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• symbolism

1. giving human qualities or abilities to a non-human object. 

(The sun's rays touched the clouds. The dog gossiped in the yard.)

• alliteration

• personification

• symbolism

• hyperbole

1. repetition of sounds at the beginning of a word. 

(We would wander through the woods wobbling.)

• personification

• alliteration

• hyperbole

• symbolism