Literary Devices by Richard Van

Literary Devices by Richard Van https://padlet.com/p00783871/6rr2k3ax4xyvky6j Pick two of the following literary devices and write the definition and give one example. Then find three literary devices and provide an example for each. INCLUDE YOUR NAME IN EACH POST en-us 2022-02-28 16:52:47 UTC 2022-03-04 04:07:39 UTC hello@padlet.com Ethan C https://padlet.com/p00783871/6rr2k3ax4xyvky6j/wish/2071990039 Definition: A statement that’s heavily exaggerated. Example: “He’s so angry that he’ll catch on fire”.]]> 2022-03-01 17:51:58 UTC https://padlet.com/p00783871/6rr2k3ax4xyvky6j/wish/2071990039 Navya - Allegory https://padlet.com/p00783871/6rr2k3ax4xyvky6j/wish/2071990179 Allegory is a story with a symbolic meaning or with a moral.
Example: The Tortoise and the Hare.]]> 2022-03-01 17:52:02 UTC https://padlet.com/p00783871/6rr2k3ax4xyvky6j/wish/2071990179 https://padlet.com/p00783871/6rr2k3ax4xyvky6j/wish/2071990303 Repetition of the same sound at the beginning of words in a sentence.

I.e- Bees buzzing by the barn/Sally sells seashells by the seashore

-Alex

]]> 2022-03-01 17:52:05 UTC https://padlet.com/p00783871/6rr2k3ax4xyvky6j/wish/2071990303 Hira https://padlet.com/p00783871/6rr2k3ax4xyvky6j/wish/2071990889 When something is expected but the opposite happens]]> 2022-03-01 17:52:25 UTC https://padlet.com/p00783871/6rr2k3ax4xyvky6j/wish/2071990889 Definition of Hyperbole https://padlet.com/p00783871/6rr2k3ax4xyvky6j/wish/2071991826 Statements or something spoken that are not meant to be taken seriously.

- Haranshdeep]]> 2022-03-01 17:52:56 UTC https://padlet.com/p00783871/6rr2k3ax4xyvky6j/wish/2071991826 https://padlet.com/p00783871/6rr2k3ax4xyvky6j/wish/2071992406 To hide an emotion/mood to external implication.
Ex. “The flowers danced in the breeze.”
-Shrey]]> 2022-03-01 17:53:17 UTC https://padlet.com/p00783871/6rr2k3ax4xyvky6j/wish/2071992406 https://padlet.com/p00783871/6rr2k3ax4xyvky6j/wish/2071992899 Hyperbole is when a statement is exaggerated : - I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.
Lathusana ]]> 2022-03-01 17:53:33 UTC https://padlet.com/p00783871/6rr2k3ax4xyvky6j/wish/2071992899 Neo https://padlet.com/p00783871/6rr2k3ax4xyvky6j/wish/2071993134 A figure of speech involving the comparison of 2 things.
Ex: it was as big as an elephant

]]> 2022-03-01 17:53:40 UTC https://padlet.com/p00783871/6rr2k3ax4xyvky6j/wish/2071993134 Connotation https://padlet.com/p00783871/6rr2k3ax4xyvky6j/wish/2071993882 Connotation means the use of a word to suggest a different use than its actual meaning. For example the colour blue could also be used as “they are feeling blue today”
Omar]]> 2022-03-01 17:54:06 UTC https://padlet.com/p00783871/6rr2k3ax4xyvky6j/wish/2071993882 onomatopoeia -Selamawit https://padlet.com/p00783871/6rr2k3ax4xyvky6j/wish/2071994054 a word used to describe a sound (example: boom, splash, pow) ]]> 2022-03-01 17:54:12 UTC https://padlet.com/p00783871/6rr2k3ax4xyvky6j/wish/2071994054 Hira https://padlet.com/p00783871/6rr2k3ax4xyvky6j/wish/2071994083 When the readers know something the characters don’t.]]> 2022-03-01 17:54:14 UTC https://padlet.com/p00783871/6rr2k3ax4xyvky6j/wish/2071994083 When figurative speech is applied to non living object. Something that is not literal/possible https://padlet.com/p00783871/6rr2k3ax4xyvky6j/wish/2071994271 For example it’s raining cats and dogs

- helen ]]> 2022-03-01 17:54:21 UTC https://padlet.com/p00783871/6rr2k3ax4xyvky6j/wish/2071994271 Denotation https://padlet.com/p00783871/6rr2k3ax4xyvky6j/wish/2071994320 the literal or primary meaning of a word, in contrast to the feelings or ideas that the word suggests.
“beyond their immediate denotation, the words have a connotative power"
“the denotation for blue is the color” blue

Eugene

]]> 2022-03-01 17:54:22 UTC https://padlet.com/p00783871/6rr2k3ax4xyvky6j/wish/2071994320 Example of hyperbole https://padlet.com/p00783871/6rr2k3ax4xyvky6j/wish/2071994525 “I died of embarrassment”

- Haranshdeep]]> 2022-03-01 17:54:30 UTC https://padlet.com/p00783871/6rr2k3ax4xyvky6j/wish/2071994525 Parody Definition 8412321 https://padlet.com/p00783871/6rr2k3ax4xyvky6j/wish/2071994546 Parody is an initiation of the style of a particular writer, artist, or genre with deliberate exaggeration for comic effect.
Example "Christmas afternoon" by Robert Benchley, "Some historians" by Philip Guedalla -Jamaal]]> 2022-03-01 17:54:30 UTC https://padlet.com/p00783871/6rr2k3ax4xyvky6j/wish/2071994546 https://padlet.com/p00783871/6rr2k3ax4xyvky6j/wish/2071994876 A sentence that contradicts itself

I.e- Less is more/I am lying
-Alex

]]> 2022-03-01 17:54:42 UTC https://padlet.com/p00783871/6rr2k3ax4xyvky6j/wish/2071994876 https://padlet.com/p00783871/6rr2k3ax4xyvky6j/wish/2071995343 A resemblance in the sounds of words/syllables between their vowels or consonants.

Try as i might, the kite did not fly.

-Amar]]> 2022-03-01 17:54:58 UTC https://padlet.com/p00783871/6rr2k3ax4xyvky6j/wish/2071995343 https://padlet.com/p00783871/6rr2k3ax4xyvky6j/wish/2071995843 Example: 2 friends show up to a party with the same dress after promising they would wear something else. (This is situational irony because you would expect the characters to wear something else.)]]> 2022-03-01 17:55:13 UTC https://padlet.com/p00783871/6rr2k3ax4xyvky6j/wish/2071995843 https://padlet.com/p00783871/6rr2k3ax4xyvky6j/wish/2071996227 c]]> 2022-03-01 17:55:27 UTC https://padlet.com/p00783871/6rr2k3ax4xyvky6j/wish/2071996227 Personification - Zoya https://padlet.com/p00783871/6rr2k3ax4xyvky6j/wish/2071996275 When you are giving human qualities/attributes/behaviors to animals, inanimate, nonhuman objects.
Example 1- Lightning danced across the sky.

Example 2 - Rita heard the last piece of pie calling her name.

]]> 2022-03-01 17:55:29 UTC https://padlet.com/p00783871/6rr2k3ax4xyvky6j/wish/2071996275 https://padlet.com/p00783871/6rr2k3ax4xyvky6j/wish/2071996703 Allegory is a story or poem that can be explained to show a hidden meaning or moral
Ex. The scarlet letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

- Tejvir]]> 2022-03-01 17:55:45 UTC https://padlet.com/p00783871/6rr2k3ax4xyvky6j/wish/2071996703 https://padlet.com/p00783871/6rr2k3ax4xyvky6j/wish/2071996716 Example 2 « heart of gold » ]]> 2022-03-01 17:55:46 UTC https://padlet.com/p00783871/6rr2k3ax4xyvky6j/wish/2071996716 https://padlet.com/p00783871/6rr2k3ax4xyvky6j/wish/2071996737 You give human characteristics to a non-human thing: - My alarm clock yells at me to get out of bed every morning.
Lathusana

]]> 2022-03-01 17:55:46 UTC https://padlet.com/p00783871/6rr2k3ax4xyvky6j/wish/2071996737 An analogy shows how two things are similar, but with the intensions of making a point about the comparison. The purpose of an analogy is not just to show, but also to explain. For this reason, an analogy is more complex than a simile or a metaphor, which aim only to show without explaining. https://padlet.com/p00783871/6rr2k3ax4xyvky6j/wish/2071997181 -Izaak]]> 2022-03-01 17:56:01 UTC https://padlet.com/p00783871/6rr2k3ax4xyvky6j/wish/2071997181 Allusion 737698 https://padlet.com/p00783871/6rr2k3ax4xyvky6j/wish/2071998469 Allusion is noun and a literary device which briefly and indirectly references a person, place, thing, or idea containing cultural, historical, literary, or political significance to the reader or author.

eg. Chocolate is his Kryptonite. In the this example, the word “kryptonite” alludes to, or hints at, the hero superman

- Arpita ]]> 2022-03-01 17:56:44 UTC https://padlet.com/p00783871/6rr2k3ax4xyvky6j/wish/2071998469 https://padlet.com/p00783871/6rr2k3ax4xyvky6j/wish/2071998755 When saying the opposite of what you actually mean/the true meaning. Usually meant to hurt someone.
Ex. “Your the greatest person ever” meaning that they are a bad person.
-Shrey]]> 2022-03-01 17:56:55 UTC https://padlet.com/p00783871/6rr2k3ax4xyvky6j/wish/2071998755 https://padlet.com/p00783871/6rr2k3ax4xyvky6j/wish/2071998959 An allusion is when we hint at something and expect the other person to understand what we are referencing.

for example, if you were to say " so and so is my kryptonite" you be making a reference towards superman\

-gerald]]> 2022-03-01 17:57:02 UTC https://padlet.com/p00783871/6rr2k3ax4xyvky6j/wish/2071998959 Eshaan https://padlet.com/p00783871/6rr2k3ax4xyvky6j/wish/2071999631 when there is a situation and you expect the outcome of it but is actually the opposite to your expected outcome ]]> 2022-03-01 17:57:25 UTC https://padlet.com/p00783871/6rr2k3ax4xyvky6j/wish/2071999631 Navya - Idiom https://padlet.com/p00783871/6rr2k3ax4xyvky6j/wish/2071999702 An Idiom is a phrase that is commonly used where there is a big difference between what you literally mean (actually mean) and what you figuratively mean.
Example: "Don't beat around the bush", "You hit the nail right on the head!"]]> 2022-03-01 17:57:28 UTC https://padlet.com/p00783871/6rr2k3ax4xyvky6j/wish/2071999702 Definition of Verbal Irony https://padlet.com/p00783871/6rr2k3ax4xyvky6j/wish/2071999745 Verbal irony is when a person says/writes one thing but truly means another.

- Haranshdeep]]> 2022-03-01 17:57:30 UTC https://padlet.com/p00783871/6rr2k3ax4xyvky6j/wish/2071999745 Onaya https://padlet.com/p00783871/6rr2k3ax4xyvky6j/wish/2072000395 When another person is capable of understanding another persons feelings or experiences, often by using their own imagination]]> 2022-03-01 17:57:50 UTC https://padlet.com/p00783871/6rr2k3ax4xyvky6j/wish/2072000395 Symariah https://padlet.com/p00783871/6rr2k3ax4xyvky6j/wish/2072000602 Personification is when you give an object human Characteristics.
Ex "The wind howled in the night."]]> 2022-03-01 17:57:57 UTC https://padlet.com/p00783871/6rr2k3ax4xyvky6j/wish/2072000602 https://padlet.com/p00783871/6rr2k3ax4xyvky6j/wish/2072000755 Example: A character in the titanic says “the view is so beautiful i could just die”. (This is dramatic irony because the readers know that the character is going to die.)]]> 2022-03-01 17:58:01 UTC https://padlet.com/p00783871/6rr2k3ax4xyvky6j/wish/2072000755 Definition and example of Satire 8412321 https://padlet.com/p00783871/6rr2k3ax4xyvky6j/wish/2072001170 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,

Get Out. Get Out is a horror film that takes a disturbingly satirical look at racial tension and inequality in 21st century America
South Park. The modern classic series South Park is a scorched-earth satire, its construction paper cartoon children making savage fun of just about every imaginable topic.

-Jamaal

]]> 2022-03-01 17:58:15 UTC https://padlet.com/p00783871/6rr2k3ax4xyvky6j/wish/2072001170 Ethan C https://padlet.com/p00783871/6rr2k3ax4xyvky6j/wish/2072001309 Definition: A group of words that don’t mean what they’re literally saying. Example: “It’s raining cats and dogs outside”.]]> 2022-03-01 17:58:21 UTC https://padlet.com/p00783871/6rr2k3ax4xyvky6j/wish/2072001309 https://padlet.com/p00783871/6rr2k3ax4xyvky6j/wish/2072002134 Empathy is when you are able to understand and share another persons feelings
Ex. “When to listen intently to what others have to say”

- Tejvir]]> 2022-03-01 17:58:48 UTC https://padlet.com/p00783871/6rr2k3ax4xyvky6j/wish/2072002134 Definition - Mr Van p00783871 https://padlet.com/p00783871/6rr2k3ax4xyvky6j/wish/2072002178 A play upon words. Usually when a word has more than one definition.

Example - No matter how much you push the envelope, it will still be stationery]]> 2022-03-01 17:58:49 UTC https://padlet.com/p00783871/6rr2k3ax4xyvky6j/wish/2072002178 Eshaan https://padlet.com/p00783871/6rr2k3ax4xyvky6j/wish/2072002409 The feelings another person is feeling and relate to those feelings, understand those feelings.]]> 2022-03-01 17:58:57 UTC https://padlet.com/p00783871/6rr2k3ax4xyvky6j/wish/2072002409 https://padlet.com/p00783871/6rr2k3ax4xyvky6j/wish/2072002952 When two words of the opposite meanings are used in the same sentence
Ex. “faith unfaithful kept him falsely true”
-Shrey]]> 2022-03-01 17:59:16 UTC https://padlet.com/p00783871/6rr2k3ax4xyvky6j/wish/2072002952 Example of Verbal Irony https://padlet.com/p00783871/6rr2k3ax4xyvky6j/wish/2072003303 “What lovely weather we’re having”

(When there is a thunderstorm happening)

- Haranshdeep]]> 2022-03-01 17:59:28 UTC https://padlet.com/p00783871/6rr2k3ax4xyvky6j/wish/2072003303 Empathy - Zoya https://padlet.com/p00783871/6rr2k3ax4xyvky6j/wish/2072003388 Empathy is putting yourself in other people's shoes to understand their feelings. For example "It sounds like you did everything you could."]]> 2022-03-01 17:59:30 UTC https://padlet.com/p00783871/6rr2k3ax4xyvky6j/wish/2072003388 https://padlet.com/p00783871/6rr2k3ax4xyvky6j/wish/2072003700 Puns mean a joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word: The teacher wears shades to school every day because she has very bright students.
Lathusana]]> 2022-03-01 17:59:38 UTC https://padlet.com/p00783871/6rr2k3ax4xyvky6j/wish/2072003700 Connotation is an idea or a feeling that a work invokesin addition to its literal or primary meaning. https://padlet.com/p00783871/6rr2k3ax4xyvky6j/wish/2072003820 2022-03-01 17:59:40 UTC https://padlet.com/p00783871/6rr2k3ax4xyvky6j/wish/2072003820 Irony https://padlet.com/p00783871/6rr2k3ax4xyvky6j/wish/2072005421 The definition of irony is when you say something serious but you don’t really mean it. For example one could say “the weather is great today” when it could be raining.
Omar]]> 2022-03-01 18:00:38 UTC https://padlet.com/p00783871/6rr2k3ax4xyvky6j/wish/2072005421 https://padlet.com/p00783871/6rr2k3ax4xyvky6j/wish/2072005934 an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning

for example, blue is a colour but a person may say ' looks like someones got the morning blues or is feeling blue"

-gerald]]> 2022-03-01 18:00:55 UTC https://padlet.com/p00783871/6rr2k3ax4xyvky6j/wish/2072005934 Ethan C https://padlet.com/p00783871/6rr2k3ax4xyvky6j/wish/2072006332 Definition: When someone says the opposite of what they mean but it’s meant to hurt someone. Example: Someone trips while running and someone else says “what an athlete”.]]> 2022-03-01 18:01:09 UTC https://padlet.com/p00783871/6rr2k3ax4xyvky6j/wish/2072006332 https://padlet.com/p00783871/6rr2k3ax4xyvky6j/wish/2072006711 you are given a hint about what will happen later on in the story

I.e Something feels wrong

-Alex]]> 2022-03-01 18:01:23 UTC https://padlet.com/p00783871/6rr2k3ax4xyvky6j/wish/2072006711 Onaya https://padlet.com/p00783871/6rr2k3ax4xyvky6j/wish/2072006774 An indication, warning or a sign of a future event that will happen later on in the story]]> 2022-03-01 18:01:25 UTC https://padlet.com/p00783871/6rr2k3ax4xyvky6j/wish/2072006774 Foreshadowing https://padlet.com/p00783871/6rr2k3ax4xyvky6j/wish/2072007022 2022-03-01 18:01:32 UTC https://padlet.com/p00783871/6rr2k3ax4xyvky6j/wish/2072007022 Assonance- Ethan W https://padlet.com/p00783871/6rr2k3ax4xyvky6j/wish/2072007864 Definition: the repetition of the sound of a vowel or diphthong in nonrhyming stressed syllables near enough to each other for the echo to be discernible

Example: hear the mellow wedding bells ]]> 2022-03-01 18:02:00 UTC https://padlet.com/p00783871/6rr2k3ax4xyvky6j/wish/2072007864 Neo https://padlet.com/p00783871/6rr2k3ax4xyvky6j/wish/2072007888 A word or expression substitute for one that would be considered to harsh.
Ex: Passed away = died

]]> 2022-03-01 18:02:01 UTC https://padlet.com/p00783871/6rr2k3ax4xyvky6j/wish/2072007888 Empathy -Selamawit https://padlet.com/p00783871/6rr2k3ax4xyvky6j/wish/2072009475 when you are able to share or understand the expirences of others
Examples:
- of someones loved one died and you previously has a loss then you are able to feel empathtic towards them

- if you have been bullied or mocked ans someone else is going through something like that then you are able to feel empathtic towards them because you share the same expriences ]]> 2022-03-01 18:02:51 UTC https://padlet.com/p00783871/6rr2k3ax4xyvky6j/wish/2072009475 Definition - Mr. Van p00783871 https://padlet.com/p00783871/6rr2k3ax4xyvky6j/wish/2072010044 When there is a comparison between two or more things.

Examples. light and dark, wealth vs. poverty, etc.]]> 2022-03-01 18:03:10 UTC https://padlet.com/p00783871/6rr2k3ax4xyvky6j/wish/2072010044 Symariah https://padlet.com/p00783871/6rr2k3ax4xyvky6j/wish/2072011264 Juxtaposition is placing 2 things side by side and determining the similarities .
EX. "Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country"]]> 2022-03-01 18:03:45 UTC https://padlet.com/p00783871/6rr2k3ax4xyvky6j/wish/2072011264 Ethan C https://padlet.com/p00783871/6rr2k3ax4xyvky6j/wish/2072013049 Definition: Comparing two things using “like” or “as”. Example: “He’s skinny like a toothpick”.]]> 2022-03-01 18:04:39 UTC https://padlet.com/p00783871/6rr2k3ax4xyvky6j/wish/2072013049