https://padlet.com/jashauna_fortson/6ruixe976az0 Literary Devices en-us 2017-11-09 19:57:34 UTC 2025-10-24 02:24:59 UTC hello@padlet.com jashauna_fortson https://padlet.com/jashauna_fortson/6ruixe976az0/wish/207387836 Rhetorical repetition of the same root word...in a different way. 

"I cannot believe that you believed me."]]> 2017-11-15 19:05:59 UTC https://padlet.com/jashauna_fortson/6ruixe976az0/wish/207387836 jashauna_fortson https://padlet.com/jashauna_fortson/6ruixe976az0/wish/207390715 A part represents a whole. 

"May I have a coke to drink, please?" 

The term 'coke' refers to soda as a whole. ]]> 2017-11-15 19:10:34 UTC https://padlet.com/jashauna_fortson/6ruixe976az0/wish/207390715 jashauna_fortson https://padlet.com/jashauna_fortson/6ruixe976az0/wish/207391953 Reversal of normal word order. 

"What a rowdy group of kids, they are."

Rather than:

"They are a rowdy group of kids."]]> 2017-11-15 19:12:42 UTC https://padlet.com/jashauna_fortson/6ruixe976az0/wish/207391953 jashauna_fortson https://padlet.com/jashauna_fortson/6ruixe976az0/wish/212972325 Using similar sound in word in place of another, for comedic effect 

"Specific Ocean" 

Rather than:

"Pacific Ocean"]]> 2017-12-04 17:30:56 UTC https://padlet.com/jashauna_fortson/6ruixe976az0/wish/212972325 jashauna_fortson https://padlet.com/jashauna_fortson/6ruixe976az0/wish/212972733 Self contradictory statement(s) that may include a truth.

"I am nobody"

Or:

"It is hard work doing nothing"]]> 2017-12-04 17:31:51 UTC https://padlet.com/jashauna_fortson/6ruixe976az0/wish/212972733 jashauna_fortson https://padlet.com/jashauna_fortson/6ruixe976az0/wish/212973091 Addressing something that cannot respond.

"Twinkle twinkle little star"]]> 2017-12-04 17:32:37 UTC https://padlet.com/jashauna_fortson/6ruixe976az0/wish/212973091 jashauna_fortson https://padlet.com/jashauna_fortson/6ruixe976az0/wish/212973404 Grammatical construction, beginning with words like it/were/there...plays a synaptic role as 'empty words'. 

"There are seven chairs around that dining room."]]> 2017-12-04 17:33:16 UTC https://padlet.com/jashauna_fortson/6ruixe976az0/wish/212973404 jashauna_fortson https://padlet.com/jashauna_fortson/6ruixe976az0/wish/212973966 Stating something more profoundly than it actually is...making it more serious, important, and beautiful. It's humorous, creates images and shows contrast. 

"Stretched in a never ending line" ]]> 2017-12-04 17:34:19 UTC https://padlet.com/jashauna_fortson/6ruixe976az0/wish/212973966 jashauna_fortson https://padlet.com/jashauna_fortson/6ruixe976az0/wish/212975029 An instance in which the audience knows something that the character does not. 

Like in Romeo & Juliet...we know that Juliet is not dead whilst Romeo believes that she is. ]]> 2017-12-04 17:36:18 UTC https://padlet.com/jashauna_fortson/6ruixe976az0/wish/212975029 jashauna_fortson https://padlet.com/jashauna_fortson/6ruixe976az0/wish/212976421 Main idea/underlying meaning of a literary work. 

Love and friendship are common themes that authors choose to use. ]]> 2017-12-04 17:38:27 UTC https://padlet.com/jashauna_fortson/6ruixe976az0/wish/212976421