Literary devices or literary techniques

  • similar to Rhetorical devices but about literature whereas rhetorical devices regard persuasion

Figurative language

  • figures of speech

Literary approaches

  • narration
  • narrator
  • person
  • point of view

Literary techniques

point of view

detail

diction

sequence

structure

syntax

tone

vignette

Narrative modes

action

dialogue

description

exposition

interiority

List of literary devices

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)

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