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Figurative Language
Literary Devices
Features of Text
Identify the Poetic Device
Yard Sale
100
The association and implication that goes beyond the literal meaning of a word.
What is denotation?
100
The way the events of the story are conveyed to the reader.
What is point of view?
100
This helps the reader define words contained in the text.
What is a glossary?
100
"The Sun is a leaping fire Too hot to go near
What is a metaphor ("The Sun IS a leaping fire")
100
Verbal, Situational, and Dramatic
What are three forms of irony?
200
The difference between what is expected to happen and what actually happens.
What is situational irony?
200
The verbal exchanges between characters.
What is dialogue?
200
These help the reader identify topics throughout the book/essay/article as they skim and scan.
What are headings?
200
"But it will still lie down In warm yellow squares On the floor"
What is personification? (the sun lies down)
200
The best type of essay for relaying specific events of a story.
What is a narrative?
300
Words that appeal to the sense of touch.
What is tactile imagery?
300
A statement that initially appears to be contradictory but then, on closer inspection turns out to make sense.
What is a paradox?
300
These help readers understand a picture or photograph.
What are captions?
300
"Dressed up like a car crash Your wheels are turning but you're upside down"
What is a simile (Dressed up 'LIKE' a car crash)
300
A word to describe an author's choice of words
What is diction?
400
A word that imitates the sound it represents.
What is onomatopoeia?
400
An action that interrupts the story to show an event that happened at an earlier time to help the reader’s understanding.
What is a flashback?
400
These combine text information with graphical aids
What are figures?
400
"I'm a million different people from one day to the next" ~ The Verve, "Bittersweet Symphony"
What is hyperbole?
400
Using a word according to its dictionary definition.
What is connotation?
500
This does not mean exactly what it says, but instead forces the reader to take an imaginative leap to comprehend the author's point.
What is figurative language?
500
The main character - often a hero - of a story
What is the protagonist?
500
Bold print, coloured print, and italics all help readers do this.
What is understand the word is important?
500
"When Sally seems to sit somewhere separate from Sonia"
What is alliteration?
500
An essay which provides details about how something looks, feels, tastes, smells, sounds, or makes one feel.
What is a Descriptive essay?