Literary Devices in Political Cartoons

What is personification?

• a word that mimics a sound
• repetition of consonant sounds
• using symbols to represent something
• Giving human-like traits to non-living objects

What is symbolism?

• a word that mimics a sound
• repetition of consonant sounds
• using symbols to represent something
• Giving human-like traits to non-living objects

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• Repetition
• Satire
• Assonance
• Hyperbole

A figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express a strong emotion or create a statement is a...

• Hyperbole
• Metaphor
• Imagery
• Foreshadowing

What is satire?

• Comparing two unlike things using like or as
• Giving human-like traits to non-living objects
• Comparing two unlike things without using like or as
• The use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices

"The scrumptious desserts were calling out my name" is an example of...

• simile
• foreshadowing
• personification
• symbolism

Allusion is defined as______

• Two lines working as a unit
• A reference to a famous  person, place, or event
• A form of wordplay with similar sounding sounds
• Words that involve one of the five senses

My backpack weighs a ton!

• simile

• personification

• metaphor

• hyperbole

What is a pun?

• A description using like or as

• A joke that exploits another meaning of a work

• Verbal or Dramatic

• Similarity not using like or as

Which is a pun?

• I’m quite a big fan of dry erase boards, they’re quite re-markable

• I like planes, thyey fligh high and fast

• I don’t prefer cold ham, i like it warm