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Literary Devices
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| simile | a comparison of two unlike things using the words like or as |
| metaphor | a comparison of two unlike things by saying that one thing IS a dissimilar object or thing |
| hyperbole | an exaggeration that cannot possibly be true |
| personification | giving human qualities to nonhuman things |
| idiom | an expression that cannot be understood from the meanings of its separate words but that has a separate meaning of its own |
| alliteration | the repetition of the same initial consonant sound in a series of words |
| allusion | a reference to a person, place, or event from literature, sports, history, movies or the arts |
| onomatopoeia | words whose sounds suggest their meaning |
| connotation | an idea or quality that a word makes you think about in addition to its meaning |
| verbal irony | what a character says is the opposite of what he or she means |
| situational irony | what happens is the opposite of what we expected to happen |
| dramatic irony | the reader or audience knows something a character doesn't know |
| flashback | interrupting the plot of the story to recreate something that happened in an earlier time |
| foreshadowing | hints or clues suggesting what may happen later in a story |
| suspense | the anxiety a reader feels about what may happen next in a story |
| cliffhanger | an ending to a section, chapter, or book that leaves the reader in suspense |
| literary devices |
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