Literary devices

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Literary terms

Recap for the final exam

Which literary devices do you remember?

Literary devices

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Personification
• hyperbole

Watch and make notes

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.

I came in like a wreckingball

All the world’s a stage.

The tired old car coughed and weezed and crawled down the street.

Wait! There's even more?!

• onomatopoeia
• sarcasm / irony
• imagery
• alliteration

And even more!

- hyperbole: an author or speaker purposely and obviously exaggerates to an extreme. It is used for emphasis or as a way of making a description more creative and humorous. 
-->   "That suitcase weighed a ton!"

- understatement: Understatement is when a writer presents a situation or thing as if it is less important or serious than it is in reality.
-->   "It's only -5 outside, it is not that cold!"

- sarcasm: Sarcasm is a form of verbal irony that mocks, ridicules, or expresses contempt.
--> "Yes, that was sooooo helpful"

- repetition: a common rhetorical device used to add emphasis and stress in writing and speech.
--> "She looked to the left, she looked to the right, she looked straight ahead."

Alliteration

Hyperbole

Sarcasm

I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.

Weather forcast for tonight: dark.

Kim's kid kept kicking like crazy!

Give an example of an onomatopoeia.

The ghostly galleons grab greedily

This is an example of:

1. Alliteration
2. Assonance
3. Simile
4. Metaphor

Which literary device is saying the exact opposite of what you mean?

1. satire
2. hyperbole
3. irony
4. alliteration

Choose the literary device:
'Twinkle twinkle little star..'

1. onomatopoeia
2. simile
3. alliteration
4. repetition

We are the corroboree and the bora ground.

This is an example of:

1. Alliteration
2. Assonance
3. Simile
4. Metaphor

I had so much homework last night that I needed a pickup truck to carry all my books home.

1. understatement
2. onomatopoeia
3. pun
4. hyperbole