LITERARY DEVICES by https://padlet.com/aorteig0021/8kv2qlczzkz4n2gi to keep in mind when reading/writing en-us 2022-02-09 04:18:41 UTC 2025-11-17 21:57:49 UTC hello@padlet.com METAPHOR aorteig0021 https://padlet.com/aorteig0021/8kv2qlczzkz4n2gi/wish/2321389045 "Life is a highway."

"You are a star."

]]> 2022-09-30 17:15:21 UTC https://padlet.com/aorteig0021/8kv2qlczzkz4n2gi/wish/2321389045 IMAGERY aorteig0021 https://padlet.com/aorteig0021/8kv2qlczzkz4n2gi/wish/2321389194 "The flowers and their delicately curling petals provided the foyer with a breath of freshly perfumed oxygen while the violin slowly whined the melancholic tune."

]]> 2022-09-30 17:15:28 UTC https://padlet.com/aorteig0021/8kv2qlczzkz4n2gi/wish/2321389194 SIMILIE aorteig0021 https://padlet.com/aorteig0021/8kv2qlczzkz4n2gi/wish/2321389612 "The car was like a bullet, fast as lightning."

]]> 2022-09-30 17:15:48 UTC https://padlet.com/aorteig0021/8kv2qlczzkz4n2gi/wish/2321389612 TONE aorteig0021 https://padlet.com/aorteig0021/8kv2qlczzkz4n2gi/wish/2321389725 -Optimistic

-Humorous

-Pessimistic

-Formal

-Assertive

-Inspirational

-Ironic

-Joyful

-Serious

-Apologetic

-Fear

-Nostalgic

-Passionate

-Persuasive

-Sad

-Accusatory

-Admiring

-Anxious

-Arrogant

-Bitter

-Critical

-Direct tone

-Dry

-Informative

]]> 2022-09-30 17:15:54 UTC https://padlet.com/aorteig0021/8kv2qlczzkz4n2gi/wish/2321389725 Hyperbole aorteig0021 https://padlet.com/aorteig0021/8kv2qlczzkz4n2gi/wish/2340958626 I'm so hungry, I could eat a horse.”

“I've seen this movie a hundred times.”

“It cost an arm and a leg.”

]]> 2022-10-14 20:34:17 UTC https://padlet.com/aorteig0021/8kv2qlczzkz4n2gi/wish/2340958626 Mood aorteig0021 https://padlet.com/aorteig0021/8kv2qlczzkz4n2gi/wish/2340958762 2022-10-14 20:34:30 UTC https://padlet.com/aorteig0021/8kv2qlczzkz4n2gi/wish/2340958762 Personification aorteig0021 https://padlet.com/aorteig0021/8kv2qlczzkz4n2gi/wish/2340958913 "The wind howled......."

]]> 2022-10-14 20:34:46 UTC https://padlet.com/aorteig0021/8kv2qlczzkz4n2gi/wish/2340958913 Satire aorteig0021 https://padlet.com/aorteig0021/8kv2qlczzkz4n2gi/wish/2340959078 Political cartoons exaggerating a politicians features or views. Doing a silly impersonation of the president's speech.

]]> 2022-10-14 20:35:02 UTC https://padlet.com/aorteig0021/8kv2qlczzkz4n2gi/wish/2340959078 Irony aorteig0021 https://padlet.com/aorteig0021/8kv2qlczzkz4n2gi/wish/2340959386 A common example of verbal irony is saying, "Oh, great!" when something bad happens. Or when a character does exactly what they were warned not to do.

]]> 2022-10-14 20:35:39 UTC https://padlet.com/aorteig0021/8kv2qlczzkz4n2gi/wish/2340959386 Juxtaposition aorteig0021 https://padlet.com/aorteig0021/8kv2qlczzkz4n2gi/wish/2340959653 Night & Day

Good & Evil

Old & Young

Family & Outsiders

Tradition & Rebellion

Greed & Generosity


]]> 2022-10-14 20:36:09 UTC https://padlet.com/aorteig0021/8kv2qlczzkz4n2gi/wish/2340959653 Flashback aorteig0021 https://padlet.com/aorteig0021/8kv2qlczzkz4n2gi/wish/2340960264 2022-10-14 20:36:53 UTC https://padlet.com/aorteig0021/8kv2qlczzkz4n2gi/wish/2340960264 Foreshadowing aorteig0021 https://padlet.com/aorteig0021/8kv2qlczzkz4n2gi/wish/2775935119 Foreshadowing is when the author hints at what is going to happen later in the story.

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

Achebe, Chinua. Things Fall Apart. Penguin Classics, 2006.

]]> 2023-11-04 04:09:44 UTC https://padlet.com/aorteig0021/8kv2qlczzkz4n2gi/wish/2775935119 Zoomorphism aorteig0021 https://padlet.com/aorteig0021/8kv2qlczzkz4n2gi/wish/2780216038 “The ocean roared.”

"She barked her order."

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