Literary Devices

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Metaphor A comparison between two things without using like or as
Simile A comparison between two things using like or as
Synecdoche Substituting part of something for the whole
Metonymy Substituting a thing for a closely related thing
Extended Metaphor A metaphor that is extended over the whole length of the story
Allegory A narrative that works as an extended metaphor to convey a message
Personification Using human characteristics for inanimate objects
Verbal Irony Sarcasm: when the meaning is opposite to the words
Situational Irony When the outcome of events is opposite to the expectations
Dramatic Irony A situation where the audience knows something that the character does not
Hyperbole A great exaggeration of something
Understatement Deemphasizing a situation
Motif A recurring idea within a story
Theme The general message or subject of the writing
Symbol An object that represents or stands for something else
Literary Allusion When a story calls to mind a piece from classic literature
Historical Allusion When a story calls to mind a historical event
Biblical Allusion When a story calls to mind a piece from the bible
Mythological Allusion When a story calls to mind a piece from mythology
Imagery A description that provokes one of the five senses. Can be visual, aural, olfactory, tactile, or taste
Alliteration When the same sound or letters continue in a series of words
Assonance The repetition of a vowel sound in poetry
Consonance The repetition of a consonant sound in poetry
Metre The measure of syllables in poetry including stressed and unstressed syllables. Iambic is unstressed followed by stressed syllables
Rhyme Words that have the same ending sound
Internal Rhyme Rhyming words within the same line of poetry
Rhythm Beats discernible in poetry that are not intentionally structured
Repetition Using a word several time to bring emphasis to it
Epimone The repetition of a question or phrase
Diction The significance in the kinds of words chosen. Euphemistic, technical, and slang are examples
Tone The voice, mood or implication conveyed by words
Defamiliarization Describing a familiar thing in an unfamiliar way—like it is alienated
Parallelism Something that corresponds to another thing in some way
Antithesis A person or thing that is the direct opposite of another thing
Oxymoron Two words that are next to each other that directly contradict one another
Paradox A situation that seems impossible but may actually be true
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