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* similar to [[Rhetorical devices]] but about literature whereas rhetorical devices regard persuasion | * similar to [[Rhetorical devices]] but about literature whereas rhetorical devices regard persuasion | ||
== Figurative language == | |||
* figures of speech | |||
== Literary approaches == | == Literary approaches == | ||
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* tragedy | * tragedy | ||
* tragicomedy | * tragicomedy | ||
* see [https://examples.yourdictionary.com/basic-types-of-literary-devices.html Basic Types of Literary Devices | YourDictionary] | * 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?] | |||
Revision as of 17:11, 23 January 2023
Literary devices or literary techniques
- similar to Rhetorical devices but about literature whereas rhetorical devices regard persuasion
Figurative language[edit | edit source]
- figures of speech
Literary approaches[edit | edit source]
- narration
- narrator
- person
- point of view
Literary techniques[edit | edit source]
point of view[edit | edit source]
detail[edit | edit source]
diction[edit | edit source]
sequence[edit | edit source]
structure[edit | edit source]
syntax[edit | edit source]
tone[edit | edit source]
vignette[edit | edit source]
Narrative modes[edit | edit source]
action[edit | edit source]
dialogue[edit | edit source]
description[edit | edit source]
exposition[edit | edit source]
interiority[edit | edit source]
List of literary devices[edit | edit source]
- 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
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: