Literary Devices

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A figure of speech that uses over exaggeration to make a point, express emotion, or evoke humor.

The men were jumping like a pack of frantic kangaroos.

A figure of speech that gives human like qualities or attributes to something nonhuman (like an animal or an object).

Symbolism is when something in the text _______________________ something else.

Cra-aack! The lightning streaked across the sky.

The use of a word or phrase that imitates or suggestions that sound it describes

The teacher is like an angry lion when she is mad.

The grass is an ocean of flowers.