Literary Devices

Frage	Antworten
Synonym	A word or phrase meaning the same as another
Antonym	A word opposite to another in meaning
Repetition	Repetition repeats the same words or phrases a few times to make an idea clearer.
Rule of Three	Rule of three is a writing principle that suggests that things that come in threes are more memorable.
Oxymoron	Oxymoron is a figure of speech in which two opposite ideas are joined to create an effect. Example: She's pretty ugly
Alliteration	Alliteration is the repetition of the same sound or letter at the beginning of each or most of the words in a sentence.
Personification	Personification is when you make an object or idea do something only a human can do. E.G. The moon smiled.
Metaphor	A metaphor is there to make an even stronger image in the reader's head by describing a place, subject or object as something unlikely. E.G. He was a speeding bullet.
Simile	A simile is a figure of speech that compares two things by using the words ‘like’ or ‘as’ something else. They are compared indirectly. Ellie swims like a fish.
Onomatopoeia	Onomatopoeia is a word that imitates the sound or suggests the source of the sound that it describes. It is commonly used in comic strips as action sounds and in nursery rhymes. Buzz – for a bee

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