LITERARY DEVICES Device Definition Example Alliteration Assonance Consonance Metaphor Onomatopoeia Personification Simile Repetition of words with the same beginning consonant sounds Repetition of words with the same vowel sounds Repetition of words with the same consonant sounds in the middle or end of the word A comparison that says one thing IS another Words that sound like the sounds they describe or name Giving inanimate (nonhuman) objects human characteristics A comparison using like, as, or than Sweet smell of success Too good to be true Drink your milk quickly The rain was a song that filled my heart meow; woof; clang; splat The moon smiled peacefully He was sneaky as a cat. He was meaner than a junkyard dog.

LITERARY DEVICES Device Definition Example Allusion Appositive Hyperbole Metaphor Onomatopoeia Personification Simile Reference to a well-known historical event, person, or work of art (visual, literary, or musical) A word or group of words next to a that word that renames or identifies it A deliberate exaggeration intended to make a point A comparison that says one thing IS another Words that sound like the sounds they describe or name Giving inanimate (nonhuman) objects human characteristics A comparison using like, as, or than Chocolate was her Achilles’ heel; The yard was his private Garden of Eden. my brother, a human garbage disposal,… I had a million things to do; older than dirt. The rain was a song that filled my heart meow; woof; clang; splat The moon smiled peacefully. sneaky as a cat. meaner than a junkyard dog.