Literary Devices
Definition and Examples of Literary Terms

Main menu

Skip to content
  • Full List of Literary Devices
  • Grammatical Terms
  • Poem Analysis
  • Book Literary Analysis
  • Phrase Analysis
  • What are Literary Devices
  • Literary Resources
  • Citation

Mutiyat | Questions

Mutiyat12
  • Questions
  • Answers
  • Reputations
1 Ans
Lagos does not sleep at night is an example of what
1.88K viewsEnglish Tutor Answered question June 30, 2021

literary devices forum

Popular Literary Devices

View Full List of Literary Devices
  • Ad Hominem
  • Adage
  • Allegory
  • Alliteration
  • Allusion
  • Ambiguity
  • Anachronism
  • Anagram
  • Analogy
  • Anapest
  • Anaphora
  • Anecdote
  • Antagonist
  • Antecedent
  • Antimetabole
  • Antithesis
  • Aphorism
  • Aposiopesis
  • Apostrophe
  • Archaism
  • Archetype
  • Argument
  • Assonance
  • Biography
  • Cacophony
  • Cadence
  • Caricature
  • Catharsis
  • Characterization
  • Cliché
  • Climax
  • Colloquialism
  • Comparison
  • Conflict
  • Connotation
  • Consonance
  • Denotation
  • Deus Ex Machina
  • Dialect
  • Dialogue
  • Diction
  • Didacticism
  • Discourse
  • Doppelganger
  • Double Entendre
  • Ellipsis
  • Epiphany
  • Epitaph
  • Essay
  • Ethos
  • Eulogy
  • Euphemism
  • Evidence
  • Exposition
  • Fable
  • Fallacy
  • Flash Forward
  • Foil
  • Foreshadowing
  • Foreword
  • Genre
  • Haiku
  • Half Rhyme
  • Homage
  • Hubris
  • Hyperbaton
  • Hyperbole
  • Idiom
  • Imagery
  • Induction
  • Inference
  • Innuendo
  • Internal Rhyme
  • Irony
  • Jargon
  • Juxtaposition
  • Limerick
  • Line Break
  • Logos
  • Meiosis
  • Memoir
  • Metaphor
  • Meter
  • Montage
  • Mood
  • Motif
  • Motto
  • Narrative
  • Nemesis
  • Non Sequitur
  • Ode
  • Onomatopoeia
  • Oxymoron
  • Palindrome
  • Parable
  • Paradox
  • Parallelism
  • Parataxis
  • Parody
  • Pathetic Fallacy
  • Pathos
  • Pentameter
  • Persona
  • Personification
  • Plot
  • Plot Twist
  • Poem
  • Poetic Justice
  • Point of View
  • Portmanteau
  • Propaganda
  • Prose
  • Protagonist
  • Pun
  • Red Herring
  • Repetition
  • Rhetoric
  • Rhyme
  • Rhythm
  • Sarcasm
  • Satire
  • Simile
  • Soliloquy
  • Sonnet
  • Style
  • Subtext
  • Superlative
  • Syllogism
  • Symbolism
  • Synecdoche
  • Synesthesia
  • Synonym
  • Syntax
  • Tautology
  • Theme
  • Thesis
  • Tone
  • Tragedy
  • Tragicomedy
  • Tragic Flaw
  • Transition
  • Utopia
  • Verisimilitude

Copyright © 2023 Literary Devices. All Rights Reserved. - Contact Us - Privacy Policy - Terms and Conditions