Literary Terms/Devices

1. Symbolism/Symbol: the use of one object or action to represent or suggest something else e.g a dove represents peace 

2. Simile: a figure of speech comparing two unlike things using like or as e.g. She is pretty like an angel.

3. Metaphor: a word or phrase that is used to compare two unlike objects, ideas, thoughts, or feelings, not using like or as e.g. Her eyes were fireflies.

4. Personification: when you give human qualities to an object or animal e.g. The wind howled in the night.

5. Onomatopoeia: a word that suggests the sound of the thing it describes

6. Alliteration: occurs when words close together have the same first consonant sound. For example, “She sells sea-shells down by the sea-shore.”