Thursday, August 19, 2010
Literary devices
- Allegory - a symbolic representation
i.e. The blindfolded figure with scales is an allegory of justice. - Alliteration - the repetition of the initial consonant. There should be at least two repetitions in a row.
i.e. Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. - Assonance - the repetition of similar vowel sounds in a sentence.
- Climax - the turning point of the action in the plot of a play or story. The climax represents the point of greatest tension in the work.
- Foreshadowing - hints of what is to come in the action of a play or a story
- Hyperbole - a figure of speech involving exaggeration.
- Metaphor - A comparison in which one thing is said to be another.
i.e. The cat's eyes were jewels, gleaming in the darkness. - Onomatopoeia - the use of words to imitate the sounds they describe.
i.e. The burning wood crackled and hissed. - Oxymoron - putting two contradictory words together.
i.e. bittersweet, jumbo shrimp, and act naturally - Personification - is giving human qualities to animals or objects.
i.e. The daffodils nodded their yellow heads. - Pun - A word is used which has two meanings at the same time, which results in humor.
- Simile - figure of speech involving a comparison between unlike things using like, as, or as though.
i.e. She floated in like a cloud. - Source: http://olc.spsd.sk.ca/de/resources/litdevices/index.html
Ended my post @ 5:38 AM
