Poetry

Literary Device

What is a Literary Device?

What is a Literary Device?

A literary Device is a technique a writer uses to produce a special effect on their writing. It also creates verbal, and visual elements. They are essential tools that a poet uses to create rhythm, enhance a poem's meaning, or intensify a mood or feeling.

Different types of Literary Devices are

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

• Alliteration

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Simile

A simile is an open comparison between two thing or objects to show similarities between them with the help of words "like" or "as".

Examples of Simile:

1. He was as fast as a spots car.

2. You are as brave as a lion.

3. He slept like a log.

Metaphor

A metaphor makes a hidden comparison between two things or objects that are dissimilar to each other, but have some characteristics common between them. We do not use "like" or "as".

Examples of Metaphor:

1. The falling snowflakes are dancers.

2. The stormy ocean was a raging bull.

3. The snow is a white blanket.

Personification

Personification is a figure of speech in which an idea or thing is given human attributes, feelings or spoken of as if it were a human. Personification is an.

Examples of Metaphor:

1. The falling snowflakes are dancers.

2. The stormy ocean was a raging bull.

3. The snow is a white blanket.

Onomatopoeia

Onomatopoeia is the process of creating a word that phonetically imitates, resembles, or suggests the sound that it describes. Such a word itself is also called an onomatopoeia. Common onomatopoeias include animal noises such as "oink", "meow", "roar" and "chirp".

Examples of Onomatopoeia;

1. boom

2. clack

3. chirp

Alliteration

Alliteration can be defined a series of words, occurring close together in the phrases or lines of poetry, that the same first consonant sound.

Examples of Alliteration:

1. Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Pickled Peppers.

2. Come and clean the chaos in your closet.

3. Please put away your paints and practice the piano.

Hyperbole

Hyperbole is a Greek word meaning overcasting or as a way of making a description more creative humorous. It is important to note that hyperbole is not to be taken literally; the audience knows it's an exaggeration.

Examples of Hyperbole:

1. I have a million things to do today.

2. I am so hungry I can eat a horse

3. This bag weighs a ton.