Literary Devices

1. a juxtaposition of contrasting ideas that, while seemingly impossible, actually reveals a deeper truth
4. a mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt
6. a literary and rhetorical device in which a word or group of words is repeated at the beginning of two or more successive clauses or sentences
10. the placement of contrasting ideas next to each other, often to produce an ironic or thought-provoking effect
11. to explain how two or more things are similar
12. a story whose sole purpose is to represent an abstract concept or idea
13. to explain how two or more things are different

2. a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction
3. a means of sending a communication to an intended audience
5. restate an entire passage from a text in your own words
7. a reference to a preexisting person, work, event, or well-known piece of pop culture
8. using the author’s exact words and place them within quotation marks
9. different categories or types of literature