Literary devices

Analysing language
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Analysing language

Slide 1 - Diapositive

Literary devices
  • Simile
  • Metaphor
  • Personification
  • Allusions
  • Alliteration

Slide 2 - Diapositive

Wait! There's even more?!
  • symbolism
  • onomatopoeia
  • irony
  • hyperbole
  • imagery

Slide 3 - Diapositive

Metaphor
Simile
Personification
I'm drowing in a sea of grief.
The stars danced playfully in the moonlit sky.
My love for you is as deep as the ocean.

Slide 4 - Question de remorquage

What is the aim of imagery?
A
To build suspension.
B
To evoke a response from the reader.
C
To make the writing attractive.
D
To highlight jokes.

Slide 5 - Quiz

What is meant by a 'homograph'?

Slide 6 - Question ouverte

Which literary device is saying the exact opposite of what you mean?
A
satire
B
hyperbole
C
irony
D
alliteration

Slide 7 - Quiz

Give an example of an onomatopoeia.

Slide 8 - Carte mentale

Alliteration
Hyperbole
Sarcasm
I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.
Weather forcast for tonight: dark.
Kim's kid kept kicking like crazy!

Slide 9 - Question de remorquage

Which literary devices do you now know?

Slide 10 - Carte mentale