Allegory is a narration or description in which events, actions, characters, settings or objects represent specific abstractions or ideas.

Alliteration is a literary device that reflects repetition in two or more nearby words of initial consonant sounds.

An allusion is a reference, typically brief, to a person, place, thing, event, or other literary work with which the reader is presumably familiar.

An analogy is a figure of speech that creates a comparison by showing how two seemingly different entities are alike, along with illustrating a larger point due to their commonalities.

An anti-hero is a person who is not like a traditional or conventional hero figure. Yet, he is a leading character in the storyline and appears from the beginning to the end.

Anthropomorphism is a literary device that can be defined as a technique in which a writer ascribes human traits, ambitions, emotions, or entire behaviors to animals, non-human beings, natural phenomena, or objects.

Antithesis is a literary device that refers to the comparison or contrast of two opposing elements through the parallel grammatical structure.

As a literary device, an apostrophe is a poetic phrase or speech made by a character that is addressed to a subject that is not literally present in the literary work. The subject may be dead, absent, an inanimate object, or even an abstract idea.

An archetype is a typical example that is followed by others on account of its being the model or a primeval image. This image represents our collective consciousness.

Caricature is a device used in descriptive writing and visual arts, in which particular aspects of a subject are exaggerated, to create a silly or comic effect. It can be defined as a portrayal based on exaggeration of natural features, being humorous.

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Eng-Literary Devices

Term	Definition
allegory	Allegory is a narration or description in which events, actions, characters, settings or objects represent specific abstractions or ideas.
alliteration	Alliteration is a literary device that reflects repetition in two or more nearby words of initial consonant sounds.
allusion	An allusion is a reference, typically brief, to a person, place, thing, event, or other literary work with which the reader is presumably familiar.
analogy	An analogy is a figure of speech that creates a comparison by showing how two seemingly different entities are alike, along with illustrating a larger point due to their commonalities.
anti-hero	An anti-hero is a person who is not like a traditional or conventional hero figure. Yet, he is a leading character in the storyline and appears from the beginning to the end.
anthropomorphism	Anthropomorphism is a literary device that can be defined as a technique in which a writer ascribes human traits, ambitions, emotions, or entire behaviors to animals, non-human beings, natural phenomena, or objects.
antithesis	Antithesis is a literary device that refers to the comparison or contrast of two opposing elements through the parallel grammatical structure.
apostrophe	As a literary device, an apostrophe is a poetic phrase or speech made by a character that is addressed to a subject that is not literally present in the literary work. The subject may be dead, absent, an inanimate object, or even an abstract idea.
archetype	An archetype is a typical example that is followed by others on account of its being the model or a primeval image. This image represents our collective consciousness.
caricature	Caricature is a device used in descriptive writing and visual arts, in which particular aspects of a subject are exaggerated, to create a silly or comic effect. It can be defined as a portrayal based on exaggeration of natural features, being humorous.

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