Literary devices

2. literary techniques

*Imagery:

     It is the use of figurative language to create symbolic representations.

• E.g. the view was blurry and gloomy. -The words “blurry” and “gloomy” are visual images.

    *Simile and Metaphor: 

    Both compare two objects. Yet the difference is that the Simile uses “as” or “like” and the Metaphor does not. For example:

• “She is like an angel” (Simile)
• “She is an angel”. (Metaphor)

    *Alliteration: The repetition of the same consonant sound in a raw

     “Wendy is waiting for the white whale.”

    *Assonance: The repetition of the same vowel sound in a raw

      I lie on the high mountain and cry

    *Hyperbole: It is a deliberate exaggeration of something