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Literary devices

Name a literary device. Hopdown accepts 236 answers here. Common answers keep your bunny near the surface; rare ones dig deeper.

Most common answers

• MetaphorExtremely common
• IronyExtremely common
• SimileCommon
• AlliterationCommon
• SymbolismUncommon
• EpilogueUncommon
• SynecdocheUncommon
• LitotesUncommon
• HyperboleUncommon
• PersonificationUncommon
• ZeugmaUncommon
• AnadiplosisUncommon
• EpistropheUncommon
• PolysyndetonUncommon
• MotifUncommon

Rare answers

• DictionRare
• Narrative VoiceRare
• PathosRare
• LogosRare
• EuphonyRare
• CatharsisRare
• Auditory ImageryRare
• Narrative HookRare
• TautologyVery rare
• Tactile ImageryVery rare
• AnticlimaxVery rare
• SyllogismVery rare
• InvectiveVery rare
• Reductio Ad AbsurdumVery rare
• MeiosisVery rare

Deep cuts

The answers almost nobody gives.

• ProlepsisDeep cut
• Local ColorDeep cut
• Metaphysical ConceitDeep cut
• Loose SentenceDeep cut
• HendiadysDeep cut
• HyperbatonDeep cut
• IsocolonDeep cut
• Mise en AbymeDeep cut
• TmesisDeep cut
• ChronotopeDeep cut

Plus 196 more answers you'll have to find yourself.