"Before sitting for the ACT, it is important to gain an understanding of common literary devices. The ability to identify, analyze and employ literary devices can help test-takers score their best on sections like ACT English, Reading and Writing.
Here are two literary devices that students may be less familiar with than terms like alliteration and personification, but that they should still study before their ACT test date.
Juxtaposition. Juxtaposition occurs when two ideas or items are placed beside one another for the purposes of comparison and contrast. The effect of juxtaposition is that the differences between the two ideas or items are emphasized." …