ISEB - Literary devices

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A Comparison Using like or as

• Metaphor

• Symbolism

• Similie

• Oxymoron

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Compares to things not using like or as

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

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An exaggerated way of saying something

• hyperbole

• Alliteration

• Theme

• Irony

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When an inanimate object is given human characteristics

• Similie

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Rising Action

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When two contradicting words are combined

• Alliteration

• oxymoron

• Personification

• Hyperbole

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Alliteration is...

• Comparing one thing as another

• Using symbols to represent concepts or idea

• The repetition of the same letter or sound at the beginning of a word

• Exaggeration to prove a point

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Dialogue is...

• Overall mood and message

• Giving a non-human thing human characteristics

• Contrast between how things seem and how they really are

• Conversation between two or more people

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Hyperbole...

• Giving a non-human thing human characteristics

• Exaggeration to prove a point

• Recurs throughout the story and helps develop theme

• Highly descriptive language

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Imagery is...

• Comparing two things using ‘like’ or ‘as’

• Overall mood and message

• Highly descriptive language

• Recurs throughout the story and helps develop theme

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Irony is...

• Contrast between how things seem and how they really are

• The mode of narration

• Previous events split up the present happenings

• Using casual and informal language

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A Metaphor is...

• Contrast between how things seem and how they really are

• When the author hints at events yet to happen in a story

• Using casual and informal language

• Comparing two things saying one is another

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Motif...

• Highly descriptive language

• Recurs throughout the story and helps develop theme

• Overall mood and message

• Words that sound like the word their meaning

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Onomatopoeia is...

• Words that sound like the word their meaning

• Comparison of two things that are not alike

• Conversation between two or more people

• Using symbols to represent concepts or idea

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Personification is...

• Giving a non-human thing human characteristics

• The same thing again

• The repetition of the same letter or sound at the beginning of a word

• Highly descriptive language

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Repetition is...

• When the author hints at events yet to happen in a story

• The same thing again

• Recurs throughout the story and helps develop theme

• The mode of narration

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Simile is...

• Comparing two things saying one is another

• Comparison of two things that are not alike

• Comparing two things using ‘like’ or ‘as’

• Contrast between how things seem and how they really are