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Some examples of literal devices include similes, metaphors, personification, and imagery. These devices are used to create vivid and descriptive images in writing by using language in a non-literal way.
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figures of speech. Similes and Metaphors are both examples of Poetry. There is also Onomatopoeias, Personification, Literary Allusions, Hyperboles, Understatements, and Irony. Eg. Simile: "Red, Red Rose". Metaphor: "A Candle". Onomatopoeia: "Lepanto". Personification: "The Cat and the Fiddle". Lierary Allusions: "Divine Comedy". Hyperbole: "To His Coy Mstress". Understatement: "Fire and Ice". Irony: "Rime of the Ancient Mariner". These examples are real poems, some by famous poets like Robert Frost. Figure OS speech
examples of situational irony: the 6th sense, titanic, shallow hal
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allegory, allusion, metaphor, personification, alliteration, irony, imagery, characterization, simile, paradox, oxymoron, motif, etc. Visit http://mrbraiman.home.att.net/lit.htm for further information.