Literary Devices

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Comparing two things using 'like' or 'as'. Ex: "You're like a kid Lennie."

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Simile

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Characters, objects, or events with abstract meaning. Ex: George and Lennie's dream = freedom & wealth.

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symbolism

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Adding human traits to non-living things. Ex: "the afternoon sun sliced through the cracks of barn walls"

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personification

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Theme: The take away or moral of the story.

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The take away or moral of the story.

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The ocean beckoned Mary to enter its emerald waters.

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personification

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Repetition of sounds at the start of words

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alliteration

Front

METAPHOR: "The road was a ribbon of moonlight upon the purple moor" compare__________ to ____________.

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road to ribbon

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Sound of a word is its meaning

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onomatopoeia

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Silly Sammy Slick sipped six sodas and got sick, sick, sick. Example of _____

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alliteration

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"Tlot-tlot; tlot-tlot! Had they heard it? The horsehoofs ringing clear" is an example of

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onomatopoeia