1. Literary Devices

2. Allusion An indirect reference to a famous person, place, event, or literary work. “Ms. Allen told me to go straight to the restroom donot pass go, do not collect $200.”

3. Alliteration Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words. Crazy critters crawl across the dark decrepit floor.

4. Oxymoron Bringing together two contradictory terms or ideas,” My brother and I have a love hate relationship.” After the argument the room was filled with a loud silence that spoke volumes of the bitterness between us.

5. Metaphor Comparing two unlike things without using like or as. Her voice was the sound of nails scraping across a chalk board, no wonder she didn’t make American Idol.

6. Simile Comparing two unlike things using like or as. She felt as light as a feather. His shoes smelled like the pit of a rotten sewer.

7. Onomatopoeia Use of words whose sound echoes its meaning. The dishes clang to the floor as each one broke into pieces.

8. Hyperbole Truth is exaggerated for emphasis or humorous effect. I told you a million times to clean up your room. “During the winter months the air is so cold in Alaska, it chills you to the bones.”

9. Personification Giving human qualities to non human objects or ideas. “The stars danced across the sky.” The pencil walked across the page.