ENG3UE - Literary Devices Resource by Ms Jackson

Juxtaposition

jackson14_edu — 2016-09-09 11:42:03 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

Imagery

nicholasli2015 — 2016-09-09 18:55:58 UTC

Group 3 Olha

olgamaster100 — 2016-09-09 18:56:05 UTC

Onomatopoeia
Example:

The flag flapped in wind.

Definition: When the utterance itself is reminiscent of the sound to which the word refers.
Source: http://examples.yourdictionary.com/5-examples-of-onomatopoeia.html

Group 2 : Imagery -- Nicholas

nicholasli2015 — 2016-09-09 18:56:07 UTC

Definition: Imagery is using many adjective to describe it, and make the reader can imagine what are you trying to say.
Example:
The giant tree was ablaze with the orange, red, and yellow leaves that were beginning to make their decent to the ground.
Source: http://examples.yourdictionary.com/examples-of-imagery.html

Assonance--Harry and Allen(Group3)

suyizhen1997 — 2016-09-09 18:57:40 UTC

Definition:
The similarity sound between two syllables that are close together, created by the same vowels but different consonants or by the same consonants and different vowels
Example:
(e.g. "hit" and "hat") (e.g. "back" and "hat").
Source:http://tools.enfamily.cn/dict.htm

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xiangqian1996 — 2016-09-09 18:58:08 UTC

Paradox---June

2428375481 — 2016-09-09 18:58:18 UTC

Definition: a person, thing or situation that has two opposite features and therefore feel strange.Or a statement that contradicts itself.
Example: This picture is not true,if a person say something is not true, her nose will grow,but if a person say something is true, her nose will not grow, it just a jock, in fact, wether a person say true or not true, her nose will not grow.
Source:https://www.google.ca/search?q=paradox&biw=1240&bih=643&site=webhp&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiTgrPN_4LPAhXLGj4KHalTBAIQ_AUIBigB

Group 3 Kazuma

kisgrade5kazuma — 2016-09-09 18:58:34 UTC

Hyperboles
Define: Way to explain something is better or worse it really is.
Example: I have a tons of home works to finish tonight.
http://literarydevices.net/hyperbole/

Dramatic Irony-Arthur Group 1

xiangqian1996 — 2016-09-09 18:58:38 UTC

Definition:Dramatic Irony is a narrative technique, which let reader get knowledge more than the character. Author show dramatic irony by structure, and letting reader know some significant things for plot or character.

Example:In Oedipus the King, the audience knows that Oedipus himself is the murderer that he is seeking; Oedipus, Creon and Jocasta do not.

https://www.pinterest.com/wugwugs/dramatic-irony/

Tone

2016-09-09 18:58:38 UTC

Definition:
The personality of the writer and the effect the writer wants to create.
Example:
In the book<>,the author shows respect on a country and hate another country.The capital of that country was described to be a insidious and treacherous man but another country's capital was described to be a good and kind man.Actually,this is not the true.We cannot say which one is right,which one is wrong.
This picture shows what is tone perfectly

G1 Mood - Joan

2016-09-09 18:58:47 UTC

Definition: The mood is author's story and the character's emotions in the book and when reader read yet, they would feel some emotions from the author.
For simple to say, mood mean the author's emotions effect to reader's feeling, so we can say that mood is reader's feeling.
Example:
In Erich Segal’s Love Story, the relationship of the two protagonists is handled with such beauty, delicateness and sensitivity that the reader is compelled to feel the trials and tribulations of the characters.

source: http://literary-devices.com/frontpage?page=5

Situational Irony-Mingyuan

a1184512166 — 2016-09-09 18:58:47 UTC

Definition:The things that actually happened are different from what is expected
Example:Monkeys fall down from the tree when they are climbing it
Source:http://blog.simplynovel.com/index.php/2012/01/05/teaching-verbal-situational-and-dramatic-irony

Pun-Joyce(Group4)

2016-09-09 18:59:54 UTC

Definition:that is a kind of word play or game because there are two or more meanings of the word.

Example:An elephant’s opinion carries a lot of weight.

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

Joseph (Group 2)

2016-09-09 18:59:59 UTC

Oxymoron - A figure of speech in which two terms that are put together directly contradict each other.

Examples:
living dead, virtual reality, icy burn,

Group 2-- Krystal

kalailaw5 — 2016-09-09 19:00:22 UTC

Simile
Definition: Simile is a very common literary devices and usually used the words of ‘as’ or ‘such as’ or ‘like’ to compare with which two unlike things.The reader is able to better understand the sentiment the author wishes to convey.

Example: Watching the show was like watching grass grow.
http://examples.yourdictionary.com/examples-of-similes.html

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Group4--Rex

2016-09-09 19:00:33 UTC

Foil
Definition: In literature, a foil is a character that has characteristics that oppose another character, usually the protagonist. The foil character may be completely opposite to the protagonist, or very similar with one key difference. The foil character is used to highlight some particular quality or qualities of the main character.
Example:
MERCUTIO: Romeo, Humors! Madman! Passion! Lover!
Appear thou in the likeness of a sigh,
Speak but one rhyme and I am satisfied.
Cry but “Ay me!” Pronounce but “love” and “dove.”

Verbal Irony (Group 1, Rosela)

2016-09-09 19:01:22 UTC

Definition: Verbal Irony is basically same like sarcasm, it is when someone said something that it's opposite of the actual meaning. Sometimes it was hurt someone's feeling and followed by pain. Like when someone said, "School is fun," that means school is boring or no fun.

Link:
http://study.com/academy/lesson/verbal-irony-in-literature-definition-examples-quiz.html
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/538532067919161986/

Epiphany (Group 2 Tom)

2016-09-09 19:02:58 UTC

Definition:A sudden and profound understanding of something.

Example：My own epiphany as a conservationist came in 1953, while a Harvard graduate student.

link :http://www.yourdictionary.com/epiphany

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Group 3- Karina

2016-09-09 19:07:17 UTC

Alliteration
Definition:It happens when a group of words in a row have the same first consonant sound.

Example:
Alice’s aunt ate apples.
source:http://examples.yourdictionary.com/alliteration-examples.html

Group2--Liya (Symbolism)

lst63258928 — 2016-09-09 19:07:41 UTC

Definition: Symbolism is used when an author wants to create a certain mood or emotion in a work of literature. It is the use of an object, person, situation or word to represent something else, like an idea, in literature.
Example:

“All the world’s a stage,
And all the men and women merely players;
they have their exits and their entrances;
And one man in his time plays many parts,”

http://literarydevices.net/symbolism/

KAMILA: Allusion G5

2016-09-09 19:18:23 UTC

Definition:
allusion is a literary device used to make a reference to a place, object, person, or something that happened. It does not describe it, it compares. It can be real or imagery , it can refer to anything: place, paintings, heroes, famous people, catastrophes.
Example:
“Stop acting like my ex-husband please."
“This place is like a Garden of Eden.”

Foreshadowing-Mickey Group 4

2016-09-09 19:18:29 UTC

Definition: Foreshadowing is an advance sign or warning of what is to come in the future.

example:
FRODO: It’s a pity Bilbo didn’t kill [Gollum] when he had the chance.
GANDALF: Pity? It was pity that stayed Bilbo’s hand. Many that die deserve life, and some that live deserve death. Can you give it to them, Frodo? Do not be too eager to deal out death in judgment. Even the very wise cannot see all ends. My heart tells me that Gollum has some part to play, for good or ill, before this is over. The pity of Bilbo may rule the fate of many.
(The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien)
Gandalf is a wise figure in the trilogy of The Lord of the Rings, and has some prophetic powers. Frodo laments that the monstrous creature of Gollum is still alive to torment and obstruct him. However, Gandalf foreshadows an important role that Gollum will play. When Frodo finally brings the One Ring to Mount Doom, but finds himself unable to destroy it, as it has gained power over him. Only the struggle with Gollum leads to the destruction of the ring, an event that Frodo cannot foresee.

Epiphany (Group 2 Tom)

2016-09-09 19:22:08 UTC

Metaphor-Aliz

2016-09-09 19:24:47 UTC

definition:Metaphor is compare two things, but Meraphor does not use "like"or "as". Generally, the two things are not same with each other but have some common characteristics.

example:And all the men and women merely players
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metaphor

Group 5-Tarek Tahan-Motif

2016-09-10 20:01:22 UTC

Definition:a dominant theme in an artistic or literary composition

example: light and darkness in Romeo and Juliet
source:http://softschools.com/examples/literary_terms/motif_examples/297/

Group 5-Tarek Tahan- Motif (cntd)

2016-09-10 20:30:15 UTC

http://pics-group.com/romeo-and-juliet-imagery-of-light.html