LiterAry devices
Deafening silence!
What is an oxymoron?
the use of sarcasm or when a speaker’s intention is the opposite of what they are saying
e.g "Wow, you could win an award for cleanliness!" after looking at a messy room.
What is verbal irony?
kacey tells Steve she loves his cooking but feeds it to the dog under the table.
dramatic irony
The animals spoke and sang to Snow White and braided her hair as she walked through the forest
personification
Bleach Blonde Bob
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?
A story mentioning a mysterious locked door, which later becomes crucial to the plot as the location of a hidden secret
foreshadow
"To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow / Creeps in this petty pace from day to day" by William Shakespeare uses repetition and a steady rhythm for a musical effect. What is this called?
Euphony
Snap!
What is onomatopoeia?
In John Keats's "Ode to a Nightingale," the speaker addresses the bird directly: "Thou wast not born for death, immortal Bird!"
Apostrophe
a sleek modern building next to a crumbling ruin
or contrasting characters like the young, naive Russell and the old, jaded Carl in Pixar's Up
jusxtaposition
metonymy
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?
a narrative device that creates a feeling of excited or anxious uncertainty in the reader about what will happen next in a story
What is suspense?
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
I have told you to be quiet over and over and over and over and over and over and over again
Anaphora