Literary Devices
This literary device uses exaggeration to create emphasis or humor.
Hyperbole
A word or phrase that modifies a noun or pronoun
Adjective
An essay that tells a story
(Narrative Essay)
The perspective from which a story is told.
POV
Free response
free response
This figure of speech compares two unlike things without using "like" or "as."
Metaphor
A word that connects words, phrases, or clauses.
Conjunction
An essay that explains or informs.
(Expository Essay)
The atmosphere or feeling created by a literary work.
Mood
The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words.
Alliteration
A sentence with one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses.
Complex sentence
An essay that attempts to persuade the reader to adopt a particular viewpoint.
Argumentative
The central idea or message of a literary work.
Theme
A direct address to an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction.
Personification
The grammatical relation between a word and other words in a sentence.
Syntax
An essay that explores a personal experience or reflection.
Reflective essay
A hint or suggestion of something that is going to happen later in the story.
Foreshadowing
A direct address to an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction.
Apostrophe
A word that shows the relationship between a noun or pronoun and another word in the sentence.
Preposition
An essay that compares and contrasts two or more subjects
(Compare and Contrast Essay)
A recurring symbol, image, or idea in a literary work.
(Motif)