TTO Literary Features PART 1

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Literary features
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Content
Metaphor
simile
personification
Oxymoron
Euphemism
Onomatopoeia

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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.

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Simile
  • Comparison


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

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

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Personification
  • human characteristics          attritubed to objects



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

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Oxymoron
  • A combination of contradictory or incongruous words

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

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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

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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

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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.

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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.

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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!

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Onomatopoeia
  • Sound word


  • It creates a sound effect that mimics the thing described

  • A splash
  • A 'buzzing' bee
  • Tweet

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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!

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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!

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