Literary Devices Definitions 1
Giving human characteristics to an animal, object or idea.
What is personification?
The setting together (for effect) two words of opposite meaning.
What is oxymoron?
The stale bread was as hard as a rock.
Simile
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
Alliteration
An extreme exaggeration used for effect in writing.
What is a hyperbole?
What is an overstatement?
A comparison between two unlike things using "like" or "as".
What is simile?
Boom, splat, buzz, kachoo!
Onomatopoeia
The students hurried by like busy little bees.
Simile
A comparison between unrelated things.
Hint: It does NOT use "like" or "as".
What is a metaphor?
- Words whose sound suggests their meaning.
- Words that imitate sounds.
What is Onomatopoeia?
The leaves danced as the wind blew through the trees.
Personification
It was so cold outside, I thought I would die.
Hyperbole or Overstatement
- When the first letters of words are the same.
- The repetition of initial sounds.
What is alliteration?
The repetition of vowel sounds in a sentence.
What is assonance?
Jumbo shrimp
Original copy
Silent scream
Oxymoron
- No pain, no gain.
- Surf and Turf.
- Why did I die, oh my.
Assonance
An author’s attitude toward his or her subject and audience.
What is tone?
Anything that appears on the surface to be one thing, yet represents something else and carries a hidden, deeper meaning.
What is a symbol?
What is symbolism?
Jen was awake at 1am because she's a night owl.
Metaphor
Roses can represent love.
Fire can represent anger or destruction.
Purple can represent royalty.
Symbol or symbolism