Literary Devices
Published on Nov 18, 2015
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Hyperbole:
Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally
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Imagery:
Visually descriptive or figurative language
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Metaphor:
A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable
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Simile:
A figure or speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind using the words "like" or "as"
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Personification:
The attribution of a personal nature of human characteristics to something nonhuman
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Symbol:
A thing that represents or stands for something else
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Onomatopoeia:
A word that is spelled the way it sounds
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Paradox:
A seemingly absurd or self-contradictory statement or proposition that when investigated or explained may prove to be well founded or true
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Apostrophe:
An exclamatory passage in a speech or poem addressed to a person or object (typically who/which is dead or absent)
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"'Boom!' The car hit the tree and all became silent that day."
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onomatopoeia
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"I'm so hungry I could eat a horse!"
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Hyperbole
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"Twinkle, twinkle, little star. How I wonder what you are."
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Apostrophe!
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"He remained the light of my life, being my best friend and the only person that I could trust"
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Metaphor
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"The American flag waved proudly that day, representing the freedom that we have come so far to achieve."
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Symbol
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Anadiplosis:
Repetition of the final words of a sentence or line at the beginning of the next
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Anaphora:
The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses
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Epistrophe:
the repetition of a word at the end of successive clauses or sentences
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"I want the best. I deserve the best. I think what is most important is to have the best."
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