ENG3UB - Literary Devices Resource by Ms Jackson

Juxtaposition

jackson14_edu — 2016-09-09 11:22:48 UTC

Definition: to place close together or side by side, especially for comparison or contrast.
Example: Placing this child's toy in front of a tank sends a message about children and war.
Done by: Ms. Jackson
Source: http://aisforeducation.pressible.org/stevewelsh/v-is-for-juxtaposition

4) Foreshadowing

2016-09-09 13:08:10 UTC

Definition: If something foreshadows an event or situation, it suggests that it will happen.
Example: A gun is a sign of upcoming events. Sometimes it will be hidden in a drawer.
Done by: Tammy
Source: http://examples.yourdictionary.com/foreshadowing-examples.html

3）Onomatopoeia

939385809 — 2016-09-09 13:11:24 UTC

Definition: using words
that imitate the sound they denote.
Example: In fact, the word Okobo is an onomatopoeia, that represents the
sound of walking.
Source:http://www.buzzle.com/images/fun-stuff/achoo.jpg
By William

3) Alliteration

2016-09-09 13:11:27 UTC

Definition: Alliteration is identified by the repeated sound of the first letter in a series of multiple words, or the repetition of the same letter sounds in stressed syllables of a phrase.
Example: Peter plays poker.
Done by: Gianlucca Tunhollo Martins

3. Hyperbole

2016-09-09 13:11:28 UTC

Definition: Intentional exaggeration of expression

Example: This box weigh a ton. It might break the floor.

Done by Masaki
http://www.dictionary.com/browse/hyperbole

3 Assonance

victorliu103d — 2016-09-09 13:11:55 UTC

Definition:
Assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds to create internal rhyming within phrases or sentences , and together with alliteration and consonance serves as one of the building blocks of verse. Assonance does not have to be a rhyme; the identity of which depends merely on sequence of both vowel and consonant sounds.

Example:how many cookies could a good cook cook if a good cook could cook cookies

Source:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assonance

2.Epiphany

1306230402 — 2016-09-09 13:12:03 UTC

Definition：A divine manifestation，or know the truth suddenly.
Example: He knows the hard time will gone in the end before he gives up.
Source：http://image.baidu.com/search/index?tn=baiduimage&ipn=r&ct=201326592&cl=2&lm=-1&st=-1&fm=result&fr=&sf=1&fmq=1473428133689_R&pv=&ic=0&nc=1&z=&se=1&showtab=0&fb=0&width=&height=&face=0&istype=2&ie=utf-8&word=耶稣图片

imagery

1999jiawei — 2016-09-09 13:12:31 UTC

Definition:There are something such as a poem or song, when you read it or sing it you can image the pictures which create in your mind, as its imagery .
Example:Byron used to image highest praise for love.
Done by:Victoria
source:

1.Tone

2016-09-09 13:13:33 UTC

Defenition: It is author's feelings towards something. Author's tone often does affect the riders emotions.
Example:
“I want to ask the authorities what is the big deal? Why do not they control the epidemic? It is eating up lives like a monster.”

http://literarydevices.net/tone/

1）Situational Irony

2016-09-09 13:13:34 UTC

Definition:Situational irony is the contrary to the narrative attitude, tone and narrative content, the expression of the will of the contrary, the formation of a sense of irony in the tone, which is more prominent in the author's true expression of intent.
Done By:Ricardo
Source:http://wenku.baidu.com/link?url=Yb3vtMobo4bir0lRaoM4k8KDj1EzDUJKMsgab_5IW9kPqtiEQ0dNc8q9b2c5jHIDnJ5xvFYXHsKtn71Y2Mw7G-m4icczI7gw24swbsbq4bO
Example:It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune．must be in want of a wife.

1Mood

2016-09-09 13:14:19 UTC

-Definition : mood is the reader or viewer gets while reading or watching.
-example : “There was no moon, and everything beneath lay in misty darkness: not a light gleamed from any house, far or near all had been extinguished long ago: and those at Wuthering Heights were never visible…” ( the mood of this example are frustrated and sad )
source : http://literarydevices.net/mood/
-picture :

by : Lea Baransano

4) Pun

2016-09-09 13:14:36 UTC

Definition: Make a joke used the different possible meaning of one word.

Example: What is the difference between a conductor and a teacher? The conductor minds the train and a teacher trains the mind.

Source: http://literarydevices.net/pun/

By: Cecilia

2) Symbolism

engelsikejoseph26 — 2016-09-09 13:14:56 UTC

Definition: the use of symbols to signify ideas and qualities by giving them symbolic meanings that are different from their literal sense. Symbolism can take different forms. Generally, it is an object representing another to give it an entirely different meaning that is much deeper and more significant.
Example: a red rose or red colour stands for love and romance.

http://grammar.about.com/od/rs/g/symbolismterm.htm

4) motif

2016-09-09 13:15:00 UTC

definition: A motif a design which is used as a decoration or as part of an artistic pattern. It is also an object or idea that repeats itself throughout a literary work.

Example: The motif of these volumes is that ‘solitude is the richness of the soul, loneliness is its poverty. http://static6.depositphotos.com/1036149/547/i/950/depositphotos_5470706-Motivation.jpg
Bob

4)

2016-09-09 13:15:41 UTC

Definition: an indirect reference to someone or something.
Example: "She transformed her backyard to look like the Garden of Eden." This is an example of allusion to the Bible, in which the Garden of Eden has been used as a base of comparison. The backyard is said to be transformed into something as beautiful and enchanting as the Garden of Eden.
Source:http://www.buzzle.com/articles/example-of-allusion.html
Done by: Tammy

Foil

a_chris_dong — 2016-09-09 13:17:01 UTC

Definition:

A foil is use a character who is also the major role to compare with the main character, so that it can make the main character 's personality more vivid.
Example: The king of Lion

Chris

1.Verbal irony

2016-09-09 13:17:46 UTC

Definition: Verbal irony is a trope that the meaning of a statement differs from the meaning that the words suppose to express.

Example: Reality Bites
source:https://www.google.ca/search?q=verbal+irony&biw=1362&bih=641&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwii6NTtsYLPAhXEcT4KHRMlBgMQ_AUIBigB#imgrc=cx41grTx7_EcnM%3A

2) Simile

2016-09-09 13:20:20 UTC

Definition: to make a new meaning by comparing two things that are different using "as, such as, or like."

Example: As sly as a fox
Done by: Triesa
Source: http://static.abcteach.com/content_preview/p/poster_fox_pw.jpg

Metaphor Definition: trying to compare similarities between objects and quality, one subject is implied to be another. Example: you can say “my thoughts are like a deep river” so you are relating how you think to a deep river

2016-09-09 13:25:55 UTC

Metaphor Definition: trying to compare similarities between objects and quality, one subject is implied to be another. Example: you can say “my thoughts are like a deep river” so you are relating how you think to a deep river

2016-09-09 13:26:50 UTC

http://alisenberde.blogspot.ca/2016/01/example-of-metaphor.html

1. Dramatic Irony

2016-09-09 13:32:56 UTC

Defenition: It is a literary device, when reader awares of the subtext, while characters don't.
Example:

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