Essays on Literary Devices

Through the use of a nineteenth-century gothic setting in Ferndean, the author, Charlotte Bronte, uses literacy techniques and loves to develop the narrative voice of Jane as an independent and passionate young woman. The first time Jane lays eyes on Ferndean Mansion she feels it…

Concrete details: language that describes specific, Observable things, people or places, rather than ideas or qualities. Example: “The village of Holcomb stands on the high wheat plains of western Kansas, a lonesome area that other Kansans call “out there.” Some seventy miles east of the…

A lot of comedic devices have been used to build the hilarity and story of “The Taming of the Shrew”. They have shown how the shrew can be molded with similar treatment as given. These tools assist in paying attention to the tale and ponder…

The huge allusion in the book has to be freedom. Freedom is something that Jim obviously wants and Huck, a white boy who is not raised correctly, wants to get away from his drunken father and all of the proper manners and speaking properly like…

In literature, there are many different elements that allow an author to shape the reading experience so that they can appeal to the reader more. These elements consist of allegory, character, and figurative language. There is also imagery, meter, plot, point of view, rhythm, setting,…

A captivating novel is one that uses multiple literary devices to grip the reader’s attention while reading. Susin Nielsen, the author of We Are All Made of Molecules uses a large selection of figurative language. She uses a variety of foreshadowing, similes, and imagery to…