Literary Devices

2. Techniques, or tools, that writers use to express ideas, deeper meanings, and important themes in a text.
5. A reference to something famous or well known.
7. A comparison of two unlike things without using “like” or “as.”
9. Reusing sounds, words, phrases, or images as in a poem.
10. The art of using an object or a word to represent a bigger idea

1. A description that gives an object or animal human-like qualities.
3. A comparison of two unlike things using “like” or “as” and sometimes “than.”
4. Type of language that is vivid and imaginative and used to create a picture in the reader’s mind
6. Words or phrases that appeal to the five senses.
8. A symbol or idea that reappears often in a story and helps to develop the theme or message.