If you're tired of defining allusion, onomatopoeia, and satire for your language arts students, hand out a complete list of literary devices to keep the terms straight. Each term includes a definition that is easy to understand and...

The AP Literature and Composition exam is all about close reading. Test takers are presented with a passage and asked to analyze how an author uses literary devices to create a desired effect. Prepare your students for the exam with a...

Poetry is all about sound and rhythm. The sound of the words, the rhythm of the lines, and the emotional atmosphere created by these elements and the literary devices poets use, compress whole stories into a few stanzas. The specialized...

This is an alphabetical list of literary and rhetorical terms; each includes a definition and examples.

Informational site that provides the definition for and examples of oxymoron. L.9-10.5a Figures of Speech

This is a glossary entry for the figure of speech "Hyperbole" including a definition and examples.

This is a glossary entry for the term "Metaphor" including a definition and links to simile, personification, hyperbole, anology, and other figures of speech.

This is a glossary entry for the figure of speech "Hyperbaton" including definitions from two sources.

This is a glossary entry for the term "Euphemism" including a definition and examples. L.9-10.5a Figures of Speech

The second of three pages of simple definitions for literary terms. This page, F - R, covers forty-seven terms from "Fable," to "Romance."

This is a glossary entry for the term "Allegory" including multiple definitions for the term, links to other figures of speech, links to more information, and examples.

This is a glossary entry for the term "Puns" including a definition and an extensive list of examples.

Calling itself "unique," Bob's is easy to use, with cross-links throughout, phonetic pronunciation guides when necessary, and many examples and quotations. Click on the letter and scroll for the word.

Defines and compares the use of assonance and consonance in poetry, with examples.

This is a glossary entry for the term "Analogy" including the definition, an example, and links to more information.

This is a glossary entry for the term "Syllepsis" including definitions and links to more information and examples.

This site provides a very detailed definition of the term but does not give any examples. Part of a larger site of literary terms.