Literary Devices

Metaphor

Comparing 2 unalike things without using “like” or “as”

Irony

Saying the opposite of what’s expected

Simile

Comparison of unlike things using “like” or “as”

Hyperbole

Deliberate exaggeration- for emphasis

Allusion

Reference to something well known

Alliteration

Repetition of initial consonant sounds

Personification

Giving human qualities to an inanimate object

Imagery

Language that appeals to the senses- visual symbolism

Synecdoche

A part that represents the whole

Oxymoron

Opposites