When it comes to responding to questions that ask you to defend your response using a literary device, it's best to have an arsenal of different literary devices available to you. I'm going to define several common literary devices that you may choose to use as evidence in future responses:
Imagery: a word or phrase that evokes the reader's senses. Many people misinterpret imagery as referring solely to sight, as its root is the word "image." However, it actually refers to all of the senses: sight, touch, taste, sound, and smell.
Analogy: a comparison between two unlike things. There are two commonly used types of analogies that you may be more familiar with: simile and metaphor.
Syntax: the author's deliberate use of sentence length, clause/phrase organization, and punctuation type. Syntax can entirely transform the tone of a passage, and it's an often overlooked literary device that deeply impacts all written literature.
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