Literary Devices

Literary Devices

1. The Sound of Words

   • Onomatopoeia
     • Words that sound like their meaning Example: boom buzz crackle gurgle ,hiss, pop....
   • Repitition
     • The purposeful re-use of the words and phrases for an effect. Example I was glad ; so very glad ,gald
       • The Repition of "glad" give the readers a sense of assurance
   • Rhyme
     • Definition of Rhyme: A rhyme is a repetition of silmilar sounds into or more words most often at the end of the lines in a (poem)
       • External Rhymes
         • External Rhymes falls at the end of the lines Example : The rowdy dog barked all through the night and then came a lion which gave him a big fright
           • Night and Fright rhymes making an internal rhymes
       • Internal Rhymes
         • Rhymes that occurs within a single line of a verse(line) Example :the cat jumped over the hat
           • "The cat "and" the Hat" rhymes making an internal rhyme.
   • Alliteration
     • Repeated consonant sounds at the beginning of words placed newar each other ,usually on the same or adjacent lines . a some what looser definition is that it is use of the same consonantin any part of the adjacent words Examples :Fast and Furious
       • "Fast and Furious gives it a punching effect on the reader.

2. The Meanings of Words

   • Irony
     • Irony is the opposite statement of what is expected
       • Dramatic
         • The readers know but the characters do not
       • Verbal
         • What is said is different than what is meant.
       • Situational
         • Something happens that we would't expect it to happen .Example : A fire station burns downs
           • As a fire station should be a place where fires would never take place due to the presence of firefighters .However , It broke fire making a sense of situational irony
   • Simlie
     • A direct comparision using "like " or " as". Example : He is as dumb as an ox
       • it means that his intelligence level is being compared to an ox
   • Connotations
     • An idea or feeling which a word invokes for a person in adddition to it's literal or primary meaning. Example :you are a dog
       • You are a dog means figuratively that you are morally detestableand ugly
   • Symbolism
     • a person, place or thing that represents an idea. Example: a small cross by the dangerous curve on the road reminded johnny's death
   • Dennotations
     • The literal or primary meaning of a word in contrast to the feeling or idea that the words suggest. Example: you are a dog
       • Its means that you are a literally a canine
   • Personification
     • Attributing a human like quality to an inanimated object. Example : The days crept slowly
       • The days is an inanimated object but it is given a human like quality which is crept, hence implying that the time is very slow
   • Metaphor
     • A direct comparision between 2 unlike things ,stating that one is the other or does the action (Similar like simile but it just do not have "like" or ' as"). Example : He is a Zero.
       • "he" is being comapred with "zero", which implies that he is a failure.