This document defines various literary devices including alliteration, puns, onomatopoeia, similes, imagery, hyperbole, allegory, allusions, metaphors, irony, tone, mood, and voice. Alliteration refers to the repetition of initial consonant sounds, a pun exploits multiple meanings of words, and onomatopoeia imitates sounds through words. Similes make comparisons between different things, while imagery uses descriptive language and hyperbole exaggerates. Allegory uses symbolic characters and events, and allusions reference other works. Metaphors make implied comparisons, and irony plays with different word meanings. Tone is the attitude of the writer and mood evokes feelings in readers, while voice reflects the

1. Alliteration: the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the
beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
Pun: a joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word
or the fact that there are words that sound alike but have
different meanings.
Onomatopoeia: the formation of a word from a sound
associated with what is named
Simile: a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing
with another thing of a different kind, used to make a
description more emphatic or vivid

2. Imagery: visually descriptive or figurative language
Hyperbole: exaggerated statements or claims not meant
to be taken literally
Allegory: a story in which the characters and events are
symbols that stand for ideas about human life or for a political
or historical situation
Allusion: reference to something or someone else
Metaphor: a figure of speech containing an implied
comparison, in which a word or phrase ordinarily and primarily
used of one thing is applied to another

3. Irony: in literature refers to playing around with words such
that the meaning implied by a sentence/word is actually
different from the literal meaning derived
Tone: in written composition, is an attitude of a writer toward a
subject or an audience. Tone is generally conveyed through the
choice of words or the view point of a writer on a particular
subject.
Mood: is a literary element that evokes certain feelings or vibes
in readers through words and descriptions.
Voice: Distinct from the terms PERSONA, NARRATOR and TONE,
voice is associated with the basic vision of a writer, their
general attitude toward the world