The document lists and defines various literary devices including simile, metaphor, oxymoron, repetition, symbolism, imagery, enjambment, irony, allusion, metonymy, apostrophe, and transferred epithet.
The document lists and defines various literary devices including simile, metaphor, oxymoron, repetition, symbolism, imagery, enjambment, irony, allusion, metonymy, apostrophe, and transferred epithet.
The document lists and defines various literary devices including simile, metaphor, oxymoron, repetition, symbolism, imagery, enjambment, irony, allusion, metonymy, apostrophe, and transferred epithet.
The night is fresh ,the whole moon shines in a sky
…….reaches like a voice into the rooms
Some say the world will end in fire
Merrily bouncing down the street
ENJAMBMENT IRONY
This is my brilliant son who failed out of college
A facebook post which is complaining about how terrible facebook is. ALLUSION
She always wore a Mona lisa smile
There is no need to act like a Romeo for her If it doesn’t stop raining, I am going to build an ark He studies all the time and is a regular Einstein METONYMY The pen is mightier than the sword But break my heart, for I must hold my tongue The crown The white house The suits were at meeting APOSTROPHE TRANSFERRED EPITHET
Mary gave a confused look
Our teacher gives us intelligent answers They have a tough choice That was a clever prank She asked me a silly question