Literary devices
Alliteration
occurance of the same letter or sound at the beginning of an adjacent or closly connected words
onomatopoeia
a word that phonotically imitates or suggest the slund it describes
idiom
a phrase or expression that typically has figurative or non literal meaning attchaed to it
simile
making a comparision between two things using like or as
metaphor
a comparision between two things without using like or as
hyperbole
exxagerated statement claims not to be taken literally
personification
using living qualities or characteristics to describe something non human or inanimate
allusion
a refernce within workto something famous outside of ut
mood
the general feeling or atmosphere that a piece of writing creates within the reader
tone
the authors attitude or feeling towards the subject matter
imagery
descriptive writing meant to create image in the mind of the reader
poetic shift
when the author changes the tone or perspective inside the poem
song
a short poem or set of words set to music or meant to be sung
theme
central idea or meesage in a piece of writing or other work of art
purpose
the readon or inent in writing
audience
who a piece of literature is written for
subject
the person place thing or idea that a piece of writing is about
speaker
the authors persona or persective in which they are writing from