https://padlet.com/roserael112/enpt60wrxwkl Station 5 (10 Literary Devices) en-us 2017-12-30 18:40:53 UTC 2026-02-17 21:15:26 UTC hello@padlet.com roserael112 https://padlet.com/roserael112/enpt60wrxwkl/wish/218195664 Repetition
(The repetition of a word within a sentence or poetical line, with no particular placement of the words, in order to secure emphasis. It's used to create rhythm and bring attention to an idea.)
Examples:
- The repeating of the word "Nevermore" is used throughout the work, not only to convey a sense of musicality, but to suggest to the melancholy theme of this piece due to the connotations that the word expresses. (Lines 48, 54, 60, 72, etc.)
- "Tis some visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door; - Some late visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door."   ---   In these lines, we get the impression that the speaker is trying to reassure himself that there is no sinister force at work, but simply just a visitor at his door.

Personification
(A form of figurative language in which something that is not human is given human characteristics. Often used to enhance the meaning of [something] in poems.)
Example:
- "[T]he Raven sitting lonely [...] spoke only, That one word, as if his soul [...] he did outpour."]]> 2017-12-30 18:42:01 UTC https://padlet.com/roserael112/enpt60wrxwkl/wish/218195664 roserael112 https://padlet.com/roserael112/enpt60wrxwkl/wish/218195883 Irony
(The use of words to express something other than, and especially the opposite of, the literal meaning.)
Examples:
- "Deep seclusion of one of his crenellated abbeys. This was an extensive and magnificent structure, the creation of the prince's own eccentric yet august taste. A strong and lofty wall girdled it in. This wall had gates of iron." --- The prince did not want anyone who he did not find important in the abbeys and wanted the event to protect him and his subjects from the red death.


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(A figure of speech that makes a comparison, showing similarities between two different things. Unlike a metaphor, a simile draws resemblance with the help of words such as "like" or "as." Therefore, it is a direct comparison.)
Example:
- "...there was a long tumultuous shouting sound like the voice of a thousand waters -- and the deep and dank tarn at my feet closed sulenly and silently over the fragments of the House of Usher."  ---  He says that the shouting is like the voice of a thousand waters. So that's an example of a simile.

Metaphor
( The comparison between one thing to another without the use of words such as "like" or "as.")
Example:
- The "House" is a metaphor. It symbolizes both the setting and the family itself.

Hyperbole
(An extreme exaggeration used to make a point. It's like the opposite of an understatement. 
Example:
"I can compare no earthly sensation."]]> 2017-12-30 18:57:37 UTC https://padlet.com/roserael112/enpt60wrxwkl/wish/218196046 roserael112 https://padlet.com/roserael112/enpt60wrxwkl/wish/218196266 Alliteration
(When two or more words in a phrase or line of poetry share the same beginning sound. The words can be adjacent or can be separated by one or more words. Usually the beginning consonants in the words are used for the alliteration, but sometimes the vowels in words are used.)
Examples:
- "Tom's wife was a tall termagant, fierce of temper, loud of tongue..."

Allusion
(An allusion is a figure of speech that refers to a well-known story, event, person, or object in order to make a comparison in the readers' minds.)
Examples:
- "A great man had fallen in Israel"

Symbolism/Foreshadowing
(A figure of speech where an object, person, or situation has another meaning other than its literal meaning. The actions of a character, word, action, or event that have a deeper meaning in the context of the whole story.)
Example:
- The devil marks trees with the names of cheating officials in Boston, and then they're killed.

Imagery
(Description that appeals to the five senses.)
Examples:
- "Ninety feet high"
- "Black, smothering mud."

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