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Literary Devices - Coggle Diagram
Literary Devices
Personification
Giving human characteristics to inanimate objects
The tree waves at me.
Metaphor
comparing two things
the exam was a piece of cake
Simile
comparing two things using like or as
The pavement was as hot as lava.
foreshadowing
giving clues as to what will happen next
sometimes the weather being dark and stormy can foreshadow something bad happening
imagery
creating a visual picture with words
The ballerinas, dressed in their pink, fluffy tutus, danced gracefully across the stage.
hyperbole
an exaggeration
I am so hungry I could eat a horse
onomatopoeia
words that represent sounds
clocks: tick-tock