Literary Devices

• Allegory - a symbolic representation
  i.e. The blindfolded figure with scales is an allegory of justice.
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• Alliteration - the repetition of the initial consonant. There should be at least two repetitions in a row. 
  i.e. Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
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• Allusion – A reference to a famous person or event in life or literature. 
  i.e. He is as clever as Albert Einstein.
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• Analogy - the comparison of two pairs which have the same relationship. 
  i.e. gloves is to hands as walls is to building
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• Assonance - the repetition of similar vowel sounds in a sentence.
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• Climax - the turning point of the action in the plot of a play or story. The climax represents the point of greatest tension in the work.
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• Foreshadowing - hints of what is to come in the action of a play or a story
• Hyperbole - a figure of speech involving exaggeration.
• Metaphor - A comparison in which one thing is said to be another. 
  i.e. The cat's eyes were jewels, gleaming in the darkness.
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• Onomatopoeia - the use of words to imitate the sounds they describe.
  i.e. The Snake creep and hissed.
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• Oxymoron - putting two contradictory words together. 
  i.e. bittersweet, jumbo shrimp, and act naturally.
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• Personification - is giving human qualities to animals or objects.
  i.e. The daffodils nodded their yellow heads.
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• Pun - A word is used which has two meanings at the same time, which results in humor.
• Simile - figure of speech involving a comparison between unlike things using like, as, or as though. 
  i.e. She scream in like a Tarzan