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* [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?]
* [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?]
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[[Category:Language Arts]]

Revision as of 17:21, 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]

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)

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