Category: Stylistic Devices

Exaggerating to create an effect or feeling.

Questions that are asked to make a point, rather than to get an answer.

A widely-known nickname that can be used instead of a real name or noun.

Giving human characteristics and personalities to non-human things.

Giving human qualities to non-human things.

Using ‘like’ or ‘as’ to compare two things.

Words that sound like sounds.

Repeating sounds at the end of words.

Using the same sound at the beginning of words within a sentence.

Using descriptive language to help readers imagine a scene.