150 Literary Devices Set #1

Her eyes sparkle like diamonds.

• Simile
• Oxymoron

• Metaphor
• Syntax

Emotional or Cultural Associations for a Word

(Blue = Sad)

• Denotation

• Style

• Diction

• Connotation

According to Merriam-Webster, blue means "of the color whose hue is that of the clear sky"

• Voice

• Connotation

• Denotation

• Diction

Life is a journey.

• Inference

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Allusion

The food is hot; therefore, if I'm not careful, I'll burn my mouth.

• Oxymoron

• Inference

• Metaphor

• Connotation

Choosing to use "excellent" instead of "good."

• Diction

• Voice

• Style

• Syntax

"I write in First." "No, you write in Second."

• Oxymoron

• Connotation

• Syntax

• Point of View

"The fog hung over the town, blanketing it in a haze impossible to see through. The houses everyone on Maple Road knew to be across from their own were blobs of muted yellow or cream in the distance."

vs. "The fog made seeing even the houses across the street difficult to make out."

• Syntax

• Voice

• Style

• Denotation

Saying "The White House" in English but "The House White/La Casa Blanca" in Spanish

• Voice

• Connotation

• Style

• Syntax

Choosing to have a young child as a narrator vs. a teenager vs. a young adult vs. an older adult OR How the author comes through in their writing

• Voice

• Syntax

• Style

• Inference