Literary Techniques about comparing
It directly compares two things use “like”or “as”
What is Simile
Language and description that appeals to our five senses.
What is Imagery
An exaggerated statement or claim not meant to be taken
What is Hyperbole
Using an object or action that means something more than its literal meaning
What is Symbol?
It repeats the same pattern of words to show that two or more words or ideas are of equal importanc.
What is Parallel Structure
It describes something in a way that isn’t literally true but helps explain an idea or make a comparison
What is Metaphor
A word that sounds like what it describes
What is Onomatopoeia
Giving human characteristics to something non-human
What is personification
An indirect reference to some idea, figure, other text, place, or event that originates from outside the text.It does not describe in detail the person or thing to which it refers.It is just a passing comment and the writer expects the reader to posses enough knowledge to spot the allusion and grasp its importance in a text
What is allusion
When words that start with the same consonant sound are used repeatedly in a phrase or sentence. The words don’t have to be right next to one another
What is Alliteration
My English teacher is a monster
My history teacher is an angle
What are Metaphor
“Meow”,“chirp”，“boom”，“oink”，“click”
What are Onomatopoeia
I have mountains of school work to do.
The English exam went on and on forever
What are Hyperboles?
We got a new Einstein in school today.
Keira is the Celine Dion in our class
What are allusions?
John and Jacky joked joyfully.
The curious cat crept carefully across the carpet
What are alliteration?
Like simile and metaphor, it is a comparison between two things. However, it is more complex, and its purpose is to explain something rather than simply show something.
What is Analogy.
The golden yellow sunlight filtered down through the pale new leaves on the oak tree.
The tasty, salty broth soothed her sore throat as Simran ate the warm soup
What are Imageries
A literary technique, or event in which what appears, on the surface, to be the case, differs radically from what is actually the case.
What is irony
My heart leaps up when I behold a rainbow in sky.
The dove gently glided through the sky with the end of the war.
What are symbols?
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness.
I like to run, to swim, and to surf.
What are parallel structures?
“The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which”
—George Orwell Animal Farm
What is Analogy
It can include other literary divices
What the feature of Imagery
She parked the vehicle in front of a no parking sign.
The fear of long words is called“Hippopotomonstrosesquippedalio phobia”
What are ironies
They are usually objects but can also be actions.The meaning of them can vary depending on culture.
What is the feature of Symbol
It is any standardized method an author uses to convey his or her message.
What is literary Techniques