1. Literary Devices
The following are artful additions to writing that author’s use to make their work more interesting and literary. These are just ten of >60

2. Metaphor
Compares two unlike things, implying shared characteristics, where one thing is said to be the other.
A book is a window to past and future worlds.

3. Simile Compares two unlike things using the words like or as.
Then join you with them, like a rid of steel, to make strength stronger.

4. This backpack weighs a ton!
Hyperbole
An exaggeration
This backpack weighs a ton!

5. Personification
Giving human characteristics to nonhuman things or ideas.
The wind played with her hair as she stood on the dock.

6. Denotation The dictionary definition of a word.
Pig: any of a family of stout short legged hooved mammals with brisely skin and a long flexible snout.

7. Connotation All the feelings and ideas associated with a word.
Pigs are smelly, dirty, greedy, and poorly behaved animals.

8. Symbolism
When something you can sense takes the place of something you can’t.
The Statue of Liberty is a symbol of freedom.

9. Imagery When the author paints a mental picture.
The tree was a dried and cracked mess against the sky, tearing the blue sky into blue strips.

10. Foreshadowing Provides a hint about future events in the story.
The men call the island dangerous, a man eater. All those go there are doomed never to return.

11. Irony When the opposite of what is expected is said or occurs.
Saying “We should go for a walk!” on a rainy day.
Three Types: Verbal, Situational, and Dramatic

12. Irony
Three Types:
Verbal- saying one thing and meaning another; sarcasm is a form of verbal irony Situational, and Dramatic

13. Irony
Three Types:
Situational-When you expect one thing to happen and the opposite occurs.
Dramatic- When the audience knows something that the character does not know

14. Irony
Three Types:
Verbal- saying one thing and meaning another; sarcasm is a form of verbal irony