TTO Literary Features PART 1

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Literary features

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Content

Metaphor

simile

personification

Oxymoron

Euphemism

Onomatopoeia

Metaphor

• Imagery (beeldspraak)


• Does not literally mean what it states
• Right before confronting her teacher she got cold feet.
• She became afraid and did not want to do it anymore.

Simile

• Comparison

• Metaphor with both objects mentioned, interjected by "like" or "as".

• The dark clouds covered the city like a thick black blanket.

Personification

• human characteristics          attritubed to objects

• I love my thesaurus, which always helps me when I need to find a more academic word! 

Oxymoron

• A combination of contradictory or incongruous words


• Seemingly contrast each other
• A quiet Mr Tip
• A deafening silence
• Old news

And in the naked light I saw

Ten thousand people, maybe more

People talking without speaking

People hearing without listening

People writing songs that voices never share

And no one dare

Disturb the sound of silence

Euphemism

• Understatement / Indirect expression

• Not expressing 'the real thing', for instance to prevent shock / social taboo / embarrassing words

• To kick the bucket --> to die
• He is 'mentally challenged' --> stupid
• I have to do a 'number two' --> shit

What do they mean?

Jimmy was sent to a correctional facility.

I'm sorry, but we have to let you go, Susan.

She’s a curvy woman.

Video

In the video on the next page you will hear an abundance of euphemisms to express 'death'.

It's from Monty Python, a famous British comedy group.

Video

In the video on the next page you will hear an abundance of euphemisms to express 'death'.

It's from Monty Python, a famous British comedy group.

Jot down as many as you can!

Onomatopoeia

• Sound word

• It creates a sound effect that mimics the thing described

• A splash
• A 'buzzing' bee
• Tweet

From 'The Bells' by Edgar Alan Poe

Oh, the bells, bells, bells!

What a tale their terror tells

Of Despair!

How they clang, and clash, and roar!

What a horror they outpour

On the bosom of the palpitating air!

From 'The Bells' by Edgar Alan Poe

Oh, the bells, bells, bells!

What a tale their terror tells

Of Despair!

How they clang, and clash, and roar!

What a horror they outpour

On the bosom of the palpitating air!