Literary Devices

What is Alliteration?

• Big exaggeration, not meant to be taken literally, usually a great exaggeration.

• Big exaggeration, usually with humor to describe and compare to things, by not using “like” or “as”

• The repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables

• Two opposing and contradicting elements that often reveal a paradox.

What is an example of Alliteration

• Her Desk looked like a dumpster.

• The wild and woolly walrus waits and wonders when we'll walk by.

• The wild side of the story

• She screamed like a mouse

What is a Hyperbole?

• Big exaggeration, not meant to be taken literally, usually a great exaggeration.

• The repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables

• Big exaggeration, usually with humor to describe and compare to things, by not using “like” or “as”

• A figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as

An example of a Hyperbole

• The sun is like a yellow ball of fire in the sky

• Jumbo Shrimp

• The sun is like a yellow ball of fire in the sky

• Mile-high ice-cream cones

What is a Metaphor?

• be a warning or indication of (a future event)

• Comparing two things by using one kind of object or using in place of another to suggest the likeness between them. By not using “like” or “as”

• giving something human qualities animals or objects.

• A figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by "like" or "as"

An example of Metaphor

• I'm drowning in money.

• You’re such a Grinch

• Love hate relationship between the two neighboring countries.

• The sun is like a yellow ball of fire in the sky

What is an Allusion?

• be a warning or indication of (a future event)

  The use of clues or hints to suggest events that will occur later in the plot.

• An Allusion is a figure of speech that makes a reference to people, place, events, or literary works directly or by implying them. Often refers to literary works, reference to the bible, and to popular events.

• The repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables

• Big exaggeration, not meant to be taken literally, usually a great exaggeration.

An example of an Allusion?

• The sun is like a yellow ball of fire in the sky

• The wild and woolly walrus waits and wonders when we'll walk by.

• I'm drowning in money

• You’re such a Grinch

What is Foreshadowing?

• be a warning or indication of (a future event)

  The use of clues or hints to suggest events that will occur later in the plot.

• naming a thing or an action by imitating the sound associated with it.

• Two opposing and contradicting elements that often reveal a paradox

• giving something human qualities animals or objects.

a reference to something literary, mythological, historical, or biblical that the author assumes the reader will recognize

• Allusion

• Alliteration

• Allusions

• Hyperbole