Literary Devices are also referred to as “Figurative Language” and they can be found in all forms of literature; Prose, Poetry and Drama.

 

Interesting Facts About Literary Devices:

 Literary Devices can make you look at the world differently. It compares things in such a way that you find the comparison interesting or even a bit surprising.

Literary devices are also used to make one’s work entertaining as well as draw the readers into the text.

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📌 Now Let’s Look at some Literary Devices.   

Metaphor - word or phrase that compares two unlike things. 

Simile - word or phrase that compares two unlike things using “as” or “like”.

Personification - refers to when animals, inanimate objects, or places are metaphorically given the qualities of human beings. 

Allusion - refers to a brief and often indirect reference to another work of art, person, place, or object or literary work that a writer expects the reader to recognize and understand. It may come from history, geography, literature, art, music, or religion. An Allusion often deepens or complicates our understanding of the work. 

Onomatopoeia - is a word that sounds like the sound it makes. 

For example: pop, crackle, screech, zip, fizz. 

Not just sound effects!

Irony - a literary technique used to create meaning that seems to contradict the literal meaning or events. Irony comes in three forms; Verbal, Situational and Dramatic Irony.

Symbolism - refers to when a word or object stands for something of bigger significance. In the great works of literature, symbols are often complex, encoding more than one thing in the same object. 

For example: A dove may symbolize peace while a black crow or raven may symbolize death.

 

Listen to “Gym Class Heroes: Stereo Hearts ft. Adam Levine” and identify the literary devices used. 

When you are finished comment down below the literary devices and the examples/lyrics from the song that correlates.

Literary Devices/Figurative language is a technique used/implemented/employed in the book ____________________. Perhaps the author, _____________________, uses this figurative language to emphasize ____________________.

(Author name) symbolizes _____________in the object/image/person of ________________. (Object, person, image) clearly symbolizes ______________________________. While _____________ symbolizes _______________, it may also symbolize ___________________. 

In _________________, the author chooses to use metaphors such as _________________ in order to _________________. 

One of the most interesting metaphors in the book is________________________________. (Author name) may be comparing _____________________ to _______________________ in order to… 

It is worth paying attention to the metaphor of ___________________ because__________________. 

The story alludes to __________________, perhaps in order to __________________. A major allusion in the work is to__________________________________. 

(Author name) or (work) personifies _________________, suggesting that perhaps.