LiterAry devices
Deafening silence!
What is an oxymoron?
Life is no picnic.
Metaphor
A universal idea, lesson, or message explored throughout a work of literature.
Theme
The animals spoke and sang to Snow White and braided her hair as she walked through the forest
personification
Bleach Blonde Butch Body
Alliteration
The Wicked Witch of the West went her own way.
What is alliteration?
A literary device in which a writer uses one thing to represent another.
What is symbolism?
What is this an example of :
“Nory was a Catholic because her mother was a Catholic, and Nory’s mother was a Catholic because her father was a Catholic, and her father was a Catholic because his mother was a Catholic, or had been.”
What is repetition?
The feeling a reader gets from the text.
Mood
Time and place in which the literary piece occurs.
Setting
Snap!
What is onomatopoeia?
She was like a fox; clever and quietly sneaking through the woods.
Simile
A reference to someone or something outside of the text such as another literary piece, famous individuals, historical events, or philosophical ideas.
Allusion
What is Foreshadowing?
The gushing brook stole its way down the lush green mountains, dotted with tiny flowers in a riot of colors and trees coming alive with gaily chirping birds.
What is Imagery?
a photograph of a seagull sitting on top of a no seagulls sign
what is irony?
“I am so tired I cannot walk another inch” or “I’m so sleepy I might fall asleep standing here”.
What is hyperbole?
He was a lion on the battlefield.
What is metaphor?
The clock screamed at me, for it was time to go work.
What is personification?
The wind whispered through the trees.
Personification
A man is about to give a speech to a large audience on biology. Suddenly, he remembers playing with frogs and toads in his backyard as a curious child. He smiles at the memory, and then begins to speak to the audience about a new, groundbreaking finding about frogs.
What is flashback?
"Add fuel to the fire" is an example of a
What is Idiom?
The girl with the dark purple hair is often asleep in class
imagery
The general attitude of the piece; how the message is conveyed to the audience.
Tone