a device used to present an idea or principle that extends over an entire work. Allegory often involves veiled versions of important historical events with characters and situations designed to represent.

a reference to a well known place, literary or art, famous person,or historical event.

an extended explanation or description of something unfamiliar or difficult to explain by comparison with something unfamiliar.

a mild descriptive word used instead of something possibly offensive or sexist term

Hyperbole is the use of exaggeration as a rhetorical device or figure of speech. It may be used to evoke strong feelings or to create a strong impression, but is not meant to be taken literally.

an expression whose meaning is not predictable from the usual meanings of its constituent elements

the formation of mental images, figures, or likenesses of things, or of such images collectively

the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning

a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance

figure of speech by which a locution produces an incongruous, seemingly self-contradictory effect

the attribution of human nature or character to animals, inanimate objects,

something used for or regarded as representing something else

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Literary Devices

Term	Definition
Allegory	a device used to present an idea or principle that extends over an entire work. Allegory often involves veiled versions of important historical events with characters and situations designed to represent.
allusion	a reference to a well known place, literary or art, famous person,or historical event.
analogy	an extended explanation or description of something unfamiliar or difficult to explain by comparison with something unfamiliar.
euphemism	a mild descriptive word used instead of something possibly offensive or sexist term
hyperbole	Hyperbole is the use of exaggeration as a rhetorical device or figure of speech. It may be used to evoke strong feelings or to create a strong impression, but is not meant to be taken literally.
idiom	an expression whose meaning is not predictable from the usual meanings of its constituent elements
imagery	the formation of mental images, figures, or likenesses of things, or of such images collectively
irony	the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning
metaphor	a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance
oxymoron	figure of speech by which a locution produces an incongruous, seemingly self-contradictory effect
personification	the attribution of human nature or character to animals, inanimate objects,
simile	the attribution of human nature or character to animals, inanimate objects,
symbol	something used for or regarded as representing something else

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