Literary Devices II

1. Literary Devices II Mr. Whitehead

2. Figurative Language • Figurative Language- words used in ways that go beyond their dictionary meanings; nonliteral language.

3. Analogy • Analogy- A comparison; simile and metaphor are two types of analogies. • A book is a ship that takes you on a far off journey. • Sitting in this desk is like sitting on a bed of needles.

4. Hyperbole • Hyperbole- A deliberate exaggeration. • He’s got tons of money • Her brain is the size of a pea. • I have told you a million times not to lie. • It is going to take a zillion years to get through high school. • I waited in line for centureies.

5. Questions • Hyperbole: Y or N • The whole world was staring at me. • The cool autumn breeze sent a chill down her spine. • His bag weighed a ton. • Analogy: Y or N • Life is like a box of chocolates. • This food is nasty. • You are a pig.

6. Imagery • Imagery communicates experience. Experience comes to us through the senses of sight, hearing, smell, touch, and taste. Imagery is loosely defined because the word image suggests a picture, but an image might also represent a sound, a smell, a taste, a touch, or an internal sensation.

7. Sensory words • Sensory Words- words that describe things that can be felt, heard, seen, tasted, or smelled. • Sight: white, round, massive, hollow • Hear: rash, laugh, squawk, silence • Taste: ripe, buttery, sour, hot • Smell: sweet, burnt, moldy • Touch: cool, wet, silky, sandy

8. Allusion • Allusion- an indirect reference to a person, place, or thing in history or another work of literature; allusions are often brief references to well-known characters or events. • This season feels like we are on the Titanic. • Sarah was definitely a Scrooge with her money.

9. Questions • Allusion (Y or N) • This isn’t some Micky Mouse operation. • This decision definitely has a Catch-22. • Billy couldn’t find his home. • Mr. Whitehead was a regular Harry Potter when he held a wand in his hand.

10. Assonance • Assonance- identity or similarity in sound between internal vowels in neighboring words. • Hear the mellow wedding bells • Fleet feet sweep by sleeping geese • The crumbling thunder of seas

11. Consonnance • Consonance- broadly, the repetition of consonant sounds; more specifically, the repetition of the final consonant sounds of accented syllables or important words. • Think about the blank question. • Jack likes to joke. • He has a knack for the knock-knock jokes.

12. Questions • Assonance or Consonance: Yes or no • Fleet feet sweep by sleeping geese. • Bill watched internet videos rather than doing his homework. • Some Mammals are Clammy • The cat from Malibu was fat but Fragile. • Katie can’t debate with her new estate.

13. Types of Poetry • Lyric poetry- express an emotion, observation or idea. • Haiku • Sonnet • Shape • Narrative Poetry- tells a story • Ballad • Epic

14. Structure • Foot- Each pair of unstressed and stressed syllables makes up a unit called a foot. • Iambic – unstressed, stressed –two syllables • Pentameter – five feet in a line. • Iambic Pentameter • When I conSIDer HOW my LIFE is SPENT • Ere HALF my DAYS in THIS dark WORLD and WIDE

15. Structure • FEET- • Iambic- unstressed + stressed • Trochaic- stressed + unstressed • Spondaic- stressed + stressed • Anapestic- unstressed + unstressed + unstressed • Dactylic- Stressed + unstressed + unstressed • Pyrrhic- Unstressed + Unstressed • Meter • Monometer- one foot • Dimeter- two feet • Trimeter- three feet • Tetrameter- four feet • Pentameter- five feet • Hexameter- six feet • Heptameter- seven feet • Octameter- eight feet