What device compares using “like” or “as”?, Simile, Irony, Hyperbole, Metaphor, What device states one thing is another?, Allusion, Oxymoron, Simile, Metaphor, What device gives human traits to nonhuman things?, Imagery, Onomatopoeia, Personification, Symbolism, What device uses repeated beginning sounds?, Pun, Alliteration, Consonance, Assonance, What device is an extreme exaggeration?, Hyperbole, Irony, Understatement, Foreshadowing, What device is a reference to another text or event?, Imagery, Allusion, Satire, Idiom, What device imitates a sound?, Alliteration, Paradox, Metonymy, Onomatopoeia, What device appeals to the senses?, Euphemism, Irony, Imagery, Pun, What device uses words opposite to their literal meaning?, Symbolism, Simile, Consonance, Irony, What device hints at future events?, Oxymoron, Flashback, Foreshadowing, Satire, What device is a wordplay with multiple meanings?, Paradox, Pun, Imagery, Idiom, What device combines contradictory terms?, Oxymoron, Allusion, Hyperbole, Metaphor, What device expresses a seeming contradiction with truth?, Irony, Simile, Euphemism, Paradox, What device uses a thing to represent an idea?, Alliteration, Symbolism, Imagery, Satire, What device repeats vowel sounds?, Alliteration, Consonance, Assonance, Onomatopoeia, What device repeats consonant sounds within words?, Consonance, Assonance, Foreshadowing, Metaphor, What device is a mild term for something harsh?, Euphemism, Pun, Hyperbole, Irony, What device is an overused expression?, Satire, Allusion, Cliché, Idiom, What device has a meaning different from its literal words?, Paradox, Idiom, Simile, Imagery, What device uses humor or ridicule to criticize?, Personification, Symbolism, Assonance, Satire

20 Most Common Literary Devices

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