Linguistic devices are words or phrases that convey a meaning which is different to the literal one. A well-chosen linguistic device can help make your writing more effective and powerful.

Anthropomorphism is another literary device that's similar to personification ... that we often don’t even realize we’re using figurative language.

Literary devices are specific ways of using language or other literary elements that we can recognise and identify in a text (a piece of writing). These can work either at a word or sentence level ...