Literary Devices

A deliberate exaggeration for effect.

A writer's reuse of a sound, word, phrase, or sentence.

Comparison of two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'.

A work where characters, events, or settings symbolize something else.

Informal, conversational language; a word or expression common in a specific language or region.

Anything that represents itself and something else.

A figure of speech where one thing is described as another.

A reference to a well-known person, place, event, or work of art, music, or literature.

Figurative language that creates word images.

Difference between appearance and reality. Three types: Dramatic __________, Verbal __________, Situational __________.