This document defines and provides examples of common literary devices including alliteration, onomatopoeia, metaphor, and cliché. Alliteration is the repetition of initial sounds, onomatopoeia imitates sounds to name things, a metaphor compares two unlike things, and a cliché is an overly familiar phrase. Examples are given for each device type to illustrate their usage.

1. LITERARY DEVICESExpressing ideas through language.

2. What is a Literary Device?A literary device is an identifiable rule of thumb, convention or structure that is employed in literature and storytelling.

3. AlliterationAlliteration is the repetition of initial sounds in neighboring words.Examples: - lady lounges lazily -The wild and woolly walrus waits and wonders when we'll walk by.

4. OnomatopoeiaAn onomatopoeia is naming a thing or an action by imitating the sound associated with it.Examples: -buzz, hiss, roar, woof, bang, quack.

5. Metaphor A metaphor is the comparison of two things by using one kind of object or using in place of another to suggest the likeness between them .Examples: -Her hair was silk. -My life is a dream.

6. Cliché A Cliché is a word or phrase that has become overly familiar or commonplace. Examples: -No pain, no gain. -seemed to take forever -frightened to death