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Most content = 😴 Viral content = 🤩🤩🤩 It's an art as much as it is a science. These 10 literary devices can help. First, wtf is a “Literary Device” It’s a fancy word for “thing you do to better express ideas, convey meaning, and highlight important themes in a piece of text.” Some common examples: 1. Metaphor: Comparing something for effect. “The startup is a rocket ship" 2. Simile: Comparing something with “like" or “as”: “Dumb as a sack of hammers” 3. Alliteration: Repetition of consonant sounds “Five feisty founders fought furiously” But, everyone knows these. So instead, let’s cover some of the lesser-known ones that can help make your writing more fun and interesting. ––– Want to learn how to build a personal brand to fuel your business? Follow me (Neal O'Grady 🍉). I dive into the different ways to get attention and build trust without resorting to corny templates. Click my name + follow + 🔔
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Great tips! I use a lot of these in my writing but had no clue there was an actual term for them 😅
Ngl, some of them look like charms from Harry Potter.
Is tricolon tricomma? Love all these tho - never heard of anaphora.
Allegory is hilarious! "The waves of work and the winds of deadlines' 😂
bookmarked.
Always down for some solid writing tips. Might need to add a few of these to my repertoire.
god help in pronouncing these to my friends 😂
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11moThis is so good. No idea that these were actual devices. I use some of these frequently in natural speech. Guess I'm a walking, talking literary device (brb changing profile tagline)