Literary devices

To draw attention/get the audience/reader to think about info.

To emphasize/to highlight importance

To help link related ideas and to emphasize the relationships between them

To emphasize a specific point and make the speech easy to follow

The purpose of facts and statistics is to provide evidence and support for an argument or idea.

A story used to build a connection between the reader. It’s often relatable and plays and the readers emotional side.

The act of differentiating between two ideas/entities to show dissimilarity.

Bring the audience together as one collective group with a common issue, or a desire to solve this issue. 

Gives the audience a deep look into the character’s/person’s perspective. 

When speaking from a second person point of view, the narrator talks directly to the reader using phrases like you,yours, and yourself.

when speaking in third person, the narrator talks about other people/other characters, using words like he, she, them, it, they, and their

Imperative verbs are used to create imperative sentences, and they are used to express the action that the speaker or writer wants someone else to do.

Flashback is a type of literary device used to create interest in the flow of the narrative, provide background information, or reveal background information necessary to drive the plot.

To convey strong emotions, excitement, surprise, and emphasis in writing.

Its purpose is to help organize thoughts and ideas in a clear and direct manner.

The purpose of them is to give off some suspense and surprise. It mixes things up to make things much more exciting and real.

The short sentences include fewer words and a straightforward structure. The information is more efficient, when breaking down more complicated ideas into shorter bits it is easier to compose.

A sentence is a group of words that express a complete thought. In English, a simple sentence is made up of a subject + a verb + possibly an object.

To give the reader a better understanding of what is being compared.

Metaphors are used to describe something by stating that it is something else, for the sake of comprehension or symbolism.

It is a figure of speech that uses extreme exaggeration to convey a point or create a desired effect.

To provide an audible pulse that gives a piece of literature a lyrical, lulling, or emotive effect.

Provide an professionals perspective on a certain subject.

Allusion is an implied or indirect reference to a person, event, or thing or to a part of another text.

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Create a contrast between two or more ideas, characters, settings, or situations.