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lit·er·a·ry de·vice

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  1. literary devicenoun

    An identifiable rule of thumb, convention, or structure that is employed in literature and storytelling.

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  1. literary device

    A narrative technique (known for literary fictional narratives as a literary technique, literary device, or fictional device) is any of several specific methods the creator of a narrative uses to convey what they want—in other words, a strategy used in the making of a narrative to relay information to the audience and particularly to develop the narrative, usually in order to make it more complete, complex, or interesting. Literary techniques are distinguished from literary elements, which exist inherently in works of writing.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of literary device in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of literary device in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of literary device in a Sentence

  1. Vanna Bonta:

    It is interesting to note that poetry, a literary device whose very construct involves the use of words, is itself the word of choice by persons grasping to describe something so beautiful it is marvelously ineffable.


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