Name the Literary Device
Visually descriptive or figurative language, to describe something.
Imagery
Onomatopoeia
Vroom! Bang!
Repetition
The action of repeating something that has already been said or written.
Flashback
A sudden, clear memory of a past event or time, usually one that was bad.
The comparison of two or more things, using words such as "like" or "as".
Simile
Allusion
When something is described as lasting “40 days and 40 nights,” in reference to the flood of Noah’s Ark.
Alliteration
The same letter or sound at the beginning of closely connected words.
Mood
A particular state of mind or emotions created by a piece of literature.
A statement in which two objects, often unrelated, are compared to each other. The objects are usually compared saying one object "is" another.
Metaphor
Paradox
Skeptics believe that the idea of a truthful politician.
Pun
A pun plays with the sounds and meanings of words to produce new, often humorous ideas.
Slang
A type of language that consists of words and phrases that are regarded as very informal and are more common in speech than writing.
The use of an object to represent a concept.
Symbolism
Irony
My friend is a flight attendant but she’s terrified of heights!
Diction
The choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing.
Oxymoron
A figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear together.
Giving human attributes to nonhuman objects.
Personification
Hyperbole
I’m so hungry I could eat a horse.
Foreshadowing
A writer gives an advance hint of what is to come later in the story.
Exaggeration
A statement that represents something as better or worse than it really is.