Table of Contents
1: Allegory 14:Onomatopoeia 24: Tone
2: Alliteration 15: Oxymoron 25: Utopia
3: Analogy 16: Personification
4: Ballad 17: Point of view
5: Cinquain 18: Repetition
6: Couplet 19: Satire
7: Didactic 20: Simile
8: Euphemism 21: Soliloquy
9: Genre 22: Sonnet
10: Hyperbole 23: Stanza
11: Juxtaposition :
12: Irony
13: Metaphor
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Allegory
A symbolic device that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning.
Example:
Faith is like a stony uphill climb: a single stumble might send you sprawling but belief and steadfastness will see you to the very top.
This is an allegory because it has a deeper meaning to it than the stated in the text.
2
Alliteration
The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of closely connected words.
Example:
The Wicked Witch of the West went her own way.
The letter 'W' is repeated at the beginning of each words.
3
Analogy
A comparison between two things to establish a relationship between the two concepts or ideas.
Example:
In the same way as one cannot have the rainbow without the rain, one cannot achieve success and riches without hard work.
It's comparing rain and hard work to deliver the overall meaning of success.
4
Ballad
A poem or song narrating a story in short stanzas.
Example:
‘Day after day, day after day
We stuck nor breathe, nor motion;
As idle as a painted ship
Upon a painted ocean’
This poem is a story within one stanza telling a story.
5
Cinquain
A five line stanza.
Example:
Puppy, Ornery, naughty
Growling, jumping, chewing
A playful bundle of trouble
Boxer
If you count the lines, there are exactly five lines in one stanza
6
Couplet
Two lines of verse, usually in the same meter and joined by rhyme, that form a unit.
Example:
Shakespeare: How like Eve's apple doth thy beauty grow,/If thy sweet virtue answer not thy show!"
The dash joins the two verses to form one.
7
Didactic
Intended to teach, particularly in having moral instructions as an ulterior motive.
Example:
“All animals are equal but a few are more equal than others.”
This teaches the ideals that all animals are equal and therefore should all be treated equally.
8
Euphemism
A indirect word substituted for one considered to be harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant.
Example:
Passed away instead of died.
This delivers a rather harsh message in a way that seems less brutal.
9
Genre
A category of artistic composition characterized by similarities in form, style, or subject matter.
Example:
Poetry, drama, fiction, etc.
These are specific focus of books that can be sorted out together.
10
Hyperbole
Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.
Example:
It was so cold I saw polar bears wearing jackets.
This exaggerates how cold it is to a point of something that would not occur in reality.
11
Juxtaposition
The fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect.
Example:
Beauty and ugliness
This puts two of the opposite meaning of one another.
12
Irony
An event that seems deliberately contrary to what one expects.
Example:
Soft like a brick
It's something that you do not expect, you do not expect something being soft as a brick.
13
Metaphor
A thing regarded as representative of something else.
Example:
He drowned in a sea of grief.
It compares his grief to being the sea, so it was overwhelming.
14
Onomatopoeia
The formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named.
Example:
Cuckoo, sizzle, bloop, etc.
These are noises that can be named.
15
Oxymoron
A figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction.
Example:
'Pain for pleasure'
It denies the truth.
16
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Table of Contents
1: Allegory 14:Onomatopoeia 24: Tone
2: Alliteration 15: Oxymoron 25: Utopia
3: Analogy 16: Personification
4: Ballad 17: Point of view
5: Cinquain 18: Repetition
6: Couplet 19: Satire
7: Didactic 20: Simile
8: Euphemism 21: Soliloquy
9: Genre 22: Sonnet
10: Hyperbole 23: Stanza
11: Juxtaposition :
12: Irony
13: Metaphor
Created & published on StoryJumper™ ©2025 StoryJumper, Inc.
All rights reserved. Sources: storyjumper.com/attribution
Preview audio:
storyj.mp/af43bf3muywn
Allegory
A symbolic device that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning.
Example:
Faith is like a stony uphill climb: a single stumble might send you sprawling but belief and steadfastness will see you to the very top.
This is an allegory because it has a deeper meaning to it than the stated in the text.
2
Alliteration
The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of closely connected words.
Example:
The Wicked Witch of the West went her own way.
The letter 'W' is repeated at the beginning of each words.
3
Analogy
A comparison between two things to establish a relationship between the two concepts or ideas.
Example:
In the same way as one cannot have the rainbow without the rain, one cannot achieve success and riches without hard work.
It's comparing rain and hard work to deliver the overall meaning of success.
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