Emily Hernandez Literary Devices by Emily Hernandez

ForeShadowing

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Defition: a narrative device in which suggestions or warnings about events to come are dropped or planted.

"The ill-fated lad was called Ikemefuna" (Achebe, 8)

Metaphor

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Defition; a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.

Example: "Among the Igbo the art of conversation is regarded very highly, and proverbs are the palm-oil with which words are eaten." (Achebe, 4)

Symbolism

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Defitition: the use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities.

Example: ''when he walked, his heels hardly touched the ground and he seemed to walk on springs , as if he going to prounce on somebody." (Achebe, 4)

Proverbs

303618_ — 2023-11-09 17:50:18 UTC

Defition: a short pithy saying in general use, stating a general truth or piece of advice.

Example: "Having spoken plainly so far, Okoye said the nex half half of dozens sentences in proverbs" (Achebe, 7)

Flashback

303618_ — 2023-12-01 18:31:28 UTC

Defition:a scene in a movie, novel, etc., set in a time earlier than the main story.

Example: mainly places emphasis on unoka, Okonkwo's father, who was poor (Achebe, 7)

Imagery

303618_ — 2023-12-02 04:46:56 UTC

Defition: visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work.

Example: "The drums were still beating, presiant and unchanging" (Achebe 44)

Hyperbole

303618_ — 2023-12-02 05:07:03 UTC

Defition: exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.

Example: "They were very fat goats, but the fattest of all was tethered to a peg near the wall of the compund. it was a small cow." (Achebe, 114)

Satire

303618_ — 2023-12-02 05:23:09 UTC

Defition: the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues.

Example: "when Nwoye decides to convert to Christianity and go to school instead of becoming a farmer" (Achebe, 17)

Irony

303618_ — 2023-12-02 05:37:08 UTC

Defition: expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect.

Example: "He then adjusted his cloth, which was passed under his arm-pit and tied above his left shoulder" Achebe, 11

Juxtapositon

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Defition the fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect.

Example: I am worried about Nywoye a bowl pounded yams can throw him in a wrestling match. His two younger brothers are more promising" (Achebe, 66)