Literary devices: Difference between revisions

allegory
alliteration
allusion
analogy
anaphora
anthropomorphism-
antithesis
archetype
colloquialism
euphemism
figurative
flashback
foreshadowing
hyperbole
imagery
irony
juxtaposition
malapropism
metaphor
meter
mood
motif
onomatopoeia
oxymoron
paradox
parallelism
personification
point of view
repetition
rhetorical
simile
symbolism
tone
tragedy
tragicomedy
see
- Literary Devices and Literary Terms - The Complete List
- Basic Types of Literary Devices | YourDictionary

the difference between...[edit | edit source]

metaphor and simile[edit | edit source]

both are figures of speech

metaphor

analogy and metaphor[edit | edit source]

analogy is a subset of metaphor
whereas
- analogy makes a literal (actual) comparison via the words as, like
- metaphor makes a non-literal direct comparison or parallel connection

analogy
- makes a direct point
- analogy is literal
metaphor creates emphasis and imagery
- metaphor is abstract
both can be emotional (feelings) or rational (conceptual)

See:

Analogy vs Metaphor - What Are the Differences and Why?

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 Literary devices or literary techniques
 * similar to [[Rhetorical devices]] but about literature whereas rhetorical devices regard persuasion
+== Figurative language ==
+* figures of speech
 == Literary approaches ==
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 * person
 * point of view
+== Literary techniques ==
-== Literary devices ==
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 === exposition ===
 === interiority ===
+== List of literary devices ==
+* allegory
+* alliteration
+* allusion
+* analogy
+* anaphora
+* anthropomorphism-
+* antithesis
+* archetype
+* colloquialism
+* euphemism
+* figurative
+* flashback
+* foreshadowing
+* hyperbole
+* imagery
+* irony
+* juxtaposition
+* malapropism
+* metaphor
+* meter
+* mood
+* motif
+* onomatopoeia
+* oxymoron
+* paradox
+* parallelism
+* personification
+* point of view
+* repetition
+* rhetorical
+* simile
+* symbolism
+* tone
+* tragedy
+* tragicomedy
+* see
+** [https://literarydevices.net/ Literary Devices and Literary Terms - The Complete List]
+** [https://examples.yourdictionary.com/basic-types-of-literary-devices.html Basic Types of Literary Devices | YourDictionary]
+=== the difference between... ===
+==== metaphor and simile ====
+* both are figures of speech
+* metaphor
+**
+==== analogy and metaphor ====
+* analogy is a subset of metaphor
+* whereas
+** analogy makes a literal (actual) comparison via  the words ''as, like''
+** metaphor makes a non-literal direct comparison or parallel connection
+* analogy
+** makes a direct point
+** analogy is literal
+* metaphor creates emphasis and imagery
+** metaphor is abstract
+* both can be emotional (feelings) or rational (conceptual)
+See:
+* [https://www.breakingcopy.com/analogy-vs-metaphor/#:~:text=A%20metaphor%20employs%20imagery%20to%20arouse%20an%20emotion,a%20point%2C%20an%20analogy%20compares%20two%20dissimilar%20concepts. Analogy vs Metaphor - What Are the Differences and Why?]
+[[Category:Literature]]
+[[Category:Language Arts]]
+[[Category:Rhetoric]]