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| 2336216502 | Allegory | An allegory is a symbolism device where the meaning of a greater, often abstract, concept is conveyed with the aid of a more corporeal object or idea being used as an example. | 0 | |
| 2336219362 | Alliteration | Alliteration is a literary device where words are used in quick succession and begin with letters belonging to the same sound group. | 1 | |
| 2336226325 | Anecdote | means a short verbal accounting of a funny, amusing, interesting event or incident. | 2 | |
| 2336231520 | Diction | Diction is the distinctive tone or tenor of an author's writings. | 3 | |
| 2336235057 | Parallelism | 'parallelism' is used to refer to the practice placing together similarly structure related phrases, words or clauses. | 4 | |
| 2336240745 | Mataphor | In a metaphor, one subject is implied to be another so as to draw a comparison between their similarities and shared traits. | 5 | |
| 2336240746 | Simile | Using like or as. | 6 | |
| 2336242662 | Oxymoron | Oxymoron is a significant literary device as it allows the author to use contradictory, contrasting concepts placed together in a manner that actually ends up making sense in a strange, and slightly complex manner. | 7 | |
| 2336246546 | Understatment | refers to the practice of drawing attention to a fact that is already obvious and noticeable. | 8 | |
| 2336248109 | Paradox | A paradox in literature refers to the use of concepts or ideas that are contradictory to one another, yet, when placed together hold significant value on several levels. | 9 |
