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Welcome to the LitCharts study guide on Cormac McCarthy's The Road. Created by the original team behind SparkNotes, LitCharts are the world's best literature guides.

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Literary devices and terms are the techniques and elements—from figures of speech to narrative devices to poetic meters—that writers use to create narrative literature, poetry, speeches, or …

Welcome to the LitCharts study guide on Victor Hugo's Les Miserables. Created by the original team behind SparkNotes, LitCharts are the world's best literature guides.

Welcome to the LitCharts study guide on Truman Capote's In Cold Blood. Created by the original team behind SparkNotes, LitCharts are the world's best literature guides.