Literary Devices by Joseph Borg https://padlet.com/joseph_borg001/kcu50qxq1m7to48l en-us 2023-02-28 22:05:51 UTC 2026-03-08 22:54:36 UTC hello@padlet.com Oxymoron joseph_borg001 https://padlet.com/joseph_borg001/kcu50qxq1m7to48l/wish/2498665688 Definition - two opposing words in one phrase. It usually dominated by the final word. 

Example - Devilishly good ]]> 2023-02-28 22:06:16 UTC https://padlet.com/joseph_borg001/kcu50qxq1m7to48l/wish/2498665688 Similie csulaiman2 https://padlet.com/joseph_borg001/kcu50qxq1m7to48l/wish/2498668295 A comparison of two things using the
words ‘like’ or ‘as’.

e.g. As slow as a sloth]]> 2023-02-28 22:09:43 UTC https://padlet.com/joseph_borg001/kcu50qxq1m7to48l/wish/2498668295 Rhetorical Question danielbarone2 https://padlet.com/joseph_borg001/kcu50qxq1m7to48l/wish/2498668473 A question that is asked where the answer is implied or not required.

Example:
Have you ever wondered what is beyond the stars?]]> 2023-02-28 22:10:01 UTC https://padlet.com/joseph_borg001/kcu50qxq1m7to48l/wish/2498668473 Oxymoron arionajmal https://padlet.com/joseph_borg001/kcu50qxq1m7to48l/wish/2498668527 Definition- it is two opposing words used in phrase. Usually something old compare to something new.

Example- Old news

]]> 2023-02-28 22:10:07 UTC https://padlet.com/joseph_borg001/kcu50qxq1m7to48l/wish/2498668527 Onomatopoeia https://padlet.com/joseph_borg001/kcu50qxq1m7to48l/wish/2498668676 definition: The use of loud noises to draw the attention of the audience 

example: BANG!

- sylvana ]]> 2023-02-28 22:10:17 UTC https://padlet.com/joseph_borg001/kcu50qxq1m7to48l/wish/2498668676 symbolism jaimistry https://padlet.com/joseph_borg001/kcu50qxq1m7to48l/wish/2498668749 When an object represents a certain idea, action, or event.  

example: the sword represents war.]]> 2023-02-28 22:10:25 UTC https://padlet.com/joseph_borg001/kcu50qxq1m7to48l/wish/2498668749 simile https://padlet.com/joseph_borg001/kcu50qxq1m7to48l/wish/2498668765 its as cold as the antartic]]> 2023-02-28 22:10:26 UTC https://padlet.com/joseph_borg001/kcu50qxq1m7to48l/wish/2498668765 Personification https://padlet.com/joseph_borg001/kcu50qxq1m7to48l/wish/2498668787 The act of giving a human characteristic to a non-living thing. An example is 'the wall stared blankly at her'

- Daniella]]> 2023-02-28 22:10:29 UTC https://padlet.com/joseph_borg001/kcu50qxq1m7to48l/wish/2498668787 Personification https://padlet.com/joseph_borg001/kcu50qxq1m7to48l/wish/2498668886 definition
Giving human characteristics or qualities to nonhuman things.

EG
The sun smiled down at us]]> 2023-02-28 22:10:37 UTC https://padlet.com/joseph_borg001/kcu50qxq1m7to48l/wish/2498668886 Rhetorical Question https://padlet.com/joseph_borg001/kcu50qxq1m7to48l/wish/2498669079 A question that is asked where the answer is not required.]]> 2023-02-28 22:10:54 UTC https://padlet.com/joseph_borg001/kcu50qxq1m7to48l/wish/2498669079 Repetition csulaiman2 https://padlet.com/joseph_borg001/kcu50qxq1m7to48l/wish/2498669136 Repeating the same word multiple times

e.g. We came, We saw, We conquered. ]]> 2023-02-28 22:11:01 UTC https://padlet.com/joseph_borg001/kcu50qxq1m7to48l/wish/2498669136 simile https://padlet.com/joseph_borg001/kcu50qxq1m7to48l/wish/2498669198 its as hot as a dessert ]]> 2023-02-28 22:11:06 UTC https://padlet.com/joseph_borg001/kcu50qxq1m7to48l/wish/2498669198 Rhetorical Question https://padlet.com/joseph_borg001/kcu50qxq1m7to48l/wish/2498669317 A question which is intended to make the reader think.

Example - Have you ever experienced this?]]> 2023-02-28 22:11:18 UTC https://padlet.com/joseph_borg001/kcu50qxq1m7to48l/wish/2498669317 Symbolism https://padlet.com/joseph_borg001/kcu50qxq1m7to48l/wish/2498669332 The use of symbols to represent an idea

Example:
Dove = peace]]> 2023-02-28 22:11:19 UTC https://padlet.com/joseph_borg001/kcu50qxq1m7to48l/wish/2498669332 Hyperbole arionajmal https://padlet.com/joseph_borg001/kcu50qxq1m7to48l/wish/2498669586 Definition- It is word or two used in an exaggerating way.

Example- He is taking years to come back .]]> 2023-02-28 22:11:38 UTC https://padlet.com/joseph_borg001/kcu50qxq1m7to48l/wish/2498669586 metaphor liandroawadis https://padlet.com/joseph_borg001/kcu50qxq1m7to48l/wish/2498669598 something said that is put on an object but is not literally applicable ]]> 2023-02-28 22:11:39 UTC https://padlet.com/joseph_borg001/kcu50qxq1m7to48l/wish/2498669598 hyperbole https://padlet.com/joseph_borg001/kcu50qxq1m7to48l/wish/2498669690 definition
exaggerated statements  ]]> 2023-02-28 22:11:46 UTC https://padlet.com/joseph_borg001/kcu50qxq1m7to48l/wish/2498669690 Hyperbole https://padlet.com/joseph_borg001/kcu50qxq1m7to48l/wish/2498669786 Definition
Exaggerated claims that shouldn't be taken literally.
e.g.
I’m so bored I could die. ]]> 2023-02-28 22:11:56 UTC https://padlet.com/joseph_borg001/kcu50qxq1m7to48l/wish/2498669786 Cliche https://padlet.com/joseph_borg001/kcu50qxq1m7to48l/wish/2498669817 an overused phrase that isn't original, for example, 'back in my day..'

- Daniella]]> 2023-02-28 22:11:59 UTC https://padlet.com/joseph_borg001/kcu50qxq1m7to48l/wish/2498669817 smiles https://padlet.com/joseph_borg001/kcu50qxq1m7to48l/wish/2498669845
  • As slow as a sloth.

    • andy
    ]]>     2023-02-28 22:12:01 UTC https://padlet.com/joseph_borg001/kcu50qxq1m7to48l/wish/2498669845     simile https://padlet.com/joseph_borg001/kcu50qxq1m7to48l/wish/2498670035 its as bright as the sun]]> 2023-02-28 22:12:19 UTC https://padlet.com/joseph_borg001/kcu50qxq1m7to48l/wish/2498670035 Modality csulaiman2 https://padlet.com/joseph_borg001/kcu50qxq1m7to48l/wish/2498670156 Using stronger and more powerful words to make the reader view and know what you opinion is and how strongly you feel about it.

    e.g. Those claims definitely false. ]]>     2023-02-28 22:12:28 UTC https://padlet.com/joseph_borg001/kcu50qxq1m7to48l/wish/2498670156     personification liandroawadis https://padlet.com/joseph_borg001/kcu50qxq1m7to48l/wish/2498670166 adding a human quality or emotion to a non inanimate object]]> 2023-02-28 22:12:29 UTC https://padlet.com/joseph_borg001/kcu50qxq1m7to48l/wish/2498670166 Onomatopoeia arionajmal https://padlet.com/joseph_borg001/kcu50qxq1m7to48l/wish/2498670261 Definition- It is words that contain sound within it .

    Example- Kaboom]]>     2023-02-28 22:12:37 UTC https://padlet.com/joseph_borg001/kcu50qxq1m7to48l/wish/2498670261     Onomatopoeia https://padlet.com/joseph_borg001/kcu50qxq1m7to48l/wish/2498670289 Words that explain the sound they make

    Example:
    Boom! Pop! Zing!]]>     2023-02-28 22:12:41 UTC https://padlet.com/joseph_borg001/kcu50qxq1m7to48l/wish/2498670289     Metaphor https://padlet.com/joseph_borg001/kcu50qxq1m7to48l/wish/2498670497 a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.


    Example: Her eyes were like diamonds]]>     2023-02-28 22:12:58 UTC https://padlet.com/joseph_borg001/kcu50qxq1m7to48l/wish/2498670497     Alliteration https://padlet.com/joseph_borg001/kcu50qxq1m7to48l/wish/2498670533 Repetition of consonant letters 

    example:

    Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers]]>     2023-02-28 22:13:02 UTC https://padlet.com/joseph_borg001/kcu50qxq1m7to48l/wish/2498670533     Onomatopoeia loseeaqasyonan https://padlet.com/joseph_borg001/kcu50qxq1m7to48l/wish/2498670548 when a word imitates a sound that it makes


    example pop ]]>     2023-02-28 22:13:03 UTC https://padlet.com/joseph_borg001/kcu50qxq1m7to48l/wish/2498670548     Personification https://padlet.com/joseph_borg001/kcu50qxq1m7to48l/wish/2498670578 An object which is given human characteristic or features.

    Example - The trees danced in the wind]]>     2023-02-28 22:13:06 UTC https://padlet.com/joseph_borg001/kcu50qxq1m7to48l/wish/2498670578     Symbolism csulaiman2 https://padlet.com/joseph_borg001/kcu50qxq1m7to48l/wish/2498670621 Symbols are used to represent a variation of ideas or qualities of objects or images

    e.g. dove=peace]]>     2023-02-28 22:13:10 UTC https://padlet.com/joseph_borg001/kcu50qxq1m7to48l/wish/2498670621     Rule of three https://padlet.com/joseph_borg001/kcu50qxq1m7to48l/wish/2498670931 definition
    When listing, it is more powerful to list in three’s rather than say ‘...and so on’. 
    e.g.
    Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness]]>     2023-02-28 22:13:36 UTC https://padlet.com/joseph_borg001/kcu50qxq1m7to48l/wish/2498670931     Hyperbole https://padlet.com/joseph_borg001/kcu50qxq1m7to48l/wish/2498670951 Exaggerated words that are taken seriously

    Example:
    I'm so bored I could die]]>     2023-02-28 22:13:39 UTC https://padlet.com/joseph_borg001/kcu50qxq1m7to48l/wish/2498670951     onimatopoeia https://padlet.com/joseph_borg001/kcu50qxq1m7to48l/wish/2498671053 boing, gargle, clap, zap, and pitter-patter.]]> 2023-02-28 22:13:50 UTC https://padlet.com/joseph_borg001/kcu50qxq1m7to48l/wish/2498671053 Imagery https://padlet.com/joseph_borg001/kcu50qxq1m7to48l/wish/2498671055 The use of words to produce mental
    images or specific sensory experiences.

    example:

    The grass was green, flowers were red.
    ]]>     2023-02-28 22:13:50 UTC https://padlet.com/joseph_borg001/kcu50qxq1m7to48l/wish/2498671055     onomatopoeia liandroawadis https://padlet.com/joseph_borg001/kcu50qxq1m7to48l/wish/2498671086 words that are used to represent sounds

    eg. Bang! Pow! ]]>     2023-02-28 22:13:52 UTC https://padlet.com/joseph_borg001/kcu50qxq1m7to48l/wish/2498671086     Personification austinlopez3 https://padlet.com/joseph_borg001/kcu50qxq1m7to48l/wish/2498671419 Define - To describe and give human or imaginative characteristics to any object or thing  in all sorts of ways. 

    Example - The trees dance side to side like they were in Hawaii. Another one can even be ''The phone was screaming for attention."]]>     2023-02-28 22:14:22 UTC https://padlet.com/joseph_borg001/kcu50qxq1m7to48l/wish/2498671419     Alliteration csulaiman2 https://padlet.com/joseph_borg001/kcu50qxq1m7to48l/wish/2498671483 Repeating constant letters in words

    e.g. gladly, happily, knowingly]]>     2023-02-28 22:14:28 UTC https://padlet.com/joseph_borg001/kcu50qxq1m7to48l/wish/2498671483     Assonance https://padlet.com/joseph_borg001/kcu50qxq1m7to48l/wish/2498671567 definition
    similarity in sound between adjacent words' syllables, especially when two or more stressed vowels rhyme
    e.g.
    Let me abbreviate, not mean to frustrate but I can tell you’re becoming irate.]]>     2023-02-28 22:14:35 UTC https://padlet.com/joseph_borg001/kcu50qxq1m7to48l/wish/2498671567     alliteration jaimistry https://padlet.com/joseph_borg001/kcu50qxq1m7to48l/wish/2498671606 the repetition of certain consent letters.

    example: sweet birds sang]]>     2023-02-28 22:14:38 UTC https://padlet.com/joseph_borg001/kcu50qxq1m7to48l/wish/2498671606     simile https://padlet.com/joseph_borg001/kcu50qxq1m7to48l/wish/2498671650 as fat as whale]]> 2023-02-28 22:14:42 UTC https://padlet.com/joseph_borg001/kcu50qxq1m7to48l/wish/2498671650 Imagery https://padlet.com/joseph_borg001/kcu50qxq1m7to48l/wish/2498671675 The use of words to produce mental
    images or specific sensory experiences
      
    example: The lake was shivering by the touch of the morning wind.
    ]]>     2023-02-28 22:14:44 UTC https://padlet.com/joseph_borg001/kcu50qxq1m7to48l/wish/2498671675     Hyperbole https://padlet.com/joseph_borg001/kcu50qxq1m7to48l/wish/2498671788 exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.

    example:

    I’m so bored I could die]]>     2023-02-28 22:14:54 UTC https://padlet.com/joseph_borg001/kcu50qxq1m7to48l/wish/2498671788     Alliteration https://padlet.com/joseph_borg001/kcu50qxq1m7to48l/wish/2498672033 The repetition of consonant letters

    Example: 
    How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?]]>     2023-02-28 22:15:09 UTC https://padlet.com/joseph_borg001/kcu50qxq1m7to48l/wish/2498672033     symbolism liandroawadis https://padlet.com/joseph_borg001/kcu50qxq1m7to48l/wish/2498672108 using a symbol or an image to represent something]]> 2023-02-28 22:15:15 UTC https://padlet.com/joseph_borg001/kcu50qxq1m7to48l/wish/2498672108 Modality https://padlet.com/joseph_borg001/kcu50qxq1m7to48l/wish/2498672155 the level of importance expressed from different words

    e.g. must is stronger than might

    - daniella]]>     2023-02-28 22:15:19 UTC https://padlet.com/joseph_borg001/kcu50qxq1m7to48l/wish/2498672155     Modality arionajmal https://padlet.com/joseph_borg001/kcu50qxq1m7to48l/wish/2498672233 Definition- This word is to show authority and power by a single word.

    Example-
    Low - We might change climate change
    Medium- We should change climate change
    Hight- We must change climate change.

    These words can and should be used in writing if your being persuasive because it take things seriously]]>     2023-02-28 22:15:25 UTC https://padlet.com/joseph_borg001/kcu50qxq1m7to48l/wish/2498672233     cliche https://padlet.com/joseph_borg001/kcu50qxq1m7to48l/wish/2498672428 Definition: A sometimes ironic, statement that's overused. 

    Example: "all that glitters isnt gold" 

    -sylvana

    ]]>     2023-02-28 22:15:45 UTC https://padlet.com/joseph_borg001/kcu50qxq1m7to48l/wish/2498672428     Paradox https://padlet.com/joseph_borg001/kcu50qxq1m7to48l/wish/2498672830 A false statement that at first seems true

    Example:
    Why do governments endorse peace and promote war?]]>     2023-02-28 22:16:20 UTC https://padlet.com/joseph_borg001/kcu50qxq1m7to48l/wish/2498672830     Rhetorical Question https://padlet.com/joseph_borg001/kcu50qxq1m7to48l/wish/2498672893 Definition
    A question that is not meant to be answered


    Example 
    Is rain wet?  ]]>     2023-02-28 22:16:27 UTC https://padlet.com/joseph_borg001/kcu50qxq1m7to48l/wish/2498672893     Assonance csulaiman2 https://padlet.com/joseph_borg001/kcu50qxq1m7to48l/wish/2498672944 Repetition in vowels but not constants.

    e.g. let me abbreviate and i do not mean to frustrate you...]]>     2023-02-28 22:16:32 UTC https://padlet.com/joseph_borg001/kcu50qxq1m7to48l/wish/2498672944     smilie https://padlet.com/joseph_borg001/kcu50qxq1m7to48l/wish/2498672946 it is as cold as mount everest ]]> 2023-02-28 22:16:32 UTC https://padlet.com/joseph_borg001/kcu50qxq1m7to48l/wish/2498672946 Rule of three https://padlet.com/joseph_borg001/kcu50qxq1m7to48l/wish/2498673058 When listing, it is more powerful to list in three’s rather than say ‘...and so on’.


    example: Pollution around the world causes dead animals, bad environment, dirty air and so on]]>     2023-02-28 22:16:37 UTC https://padlet.com/joseph_borg001/kcu50qxq1m7to48l/wish/2498673058     Personification loseeaqasyonan https://padlet.com/joseph_borg001/kcu50qxq1m7to48l/wish/2498673379 giving nonhuman objects human characteristics 


    example 
    the story jumped of the page ]]>     2023-02-28 22:17:01 UTC https://padlet.com/joseph_borg001/kcu50qxq1m7to48l/wish/2498673379     Simile arionajmal https://padlet.com/joseph_borg001/kcu50qxq1m7to48l/wish/2498673633 Definition- This is used to compare to things which are completely different from each other.

    Example- He is fearless like a lion.


    ]]>     2023-02-28 22:17:23 UTC https://padlet.com/joseph_borg001/kcu50qxq1m7to48l/wish/2498673633     repetition https://padlet.com/joseph_borg001/kcu50qxq1m7to48l/wish/2498673687 the same use of text or sound 
    E.G we came, we saw, we concured ]]>     2023-02-28 22:17:27 UTC https://padlet.com/joseph_borg001/kcu50qxq1m7to48l/wish/2498673687     Rule of Three https://padlet.com/joseph_borg001/kcu50qxq1m7to48l/wish/2498673860 When it is simpler to list words instead of saying '...and so on'

    Example:
    Blood, Sweat and Tears]]>     2023-02-28 22:17:43 UTC https://padlet.com/joseph_borg001/kcu50qxq1m7to48l/wish/2498673860     Rhetorical Question austinlopez3 https://padlet.com/joseph_borg001/kcu50qxq1m7to48l/wish/2498674230 Define - A question that actually shouldn't be answer no matter if it is answerable or not, this goes for in real life situations and in sotry books such as in "Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief" there were many Rhetorical questions shown as well as other Literary Devices.

    Example - Did you really think you can get away with this?]]>     2023-02-28 22:18:16 UTC https://padlet.com/joseph_borg001/kcu50qxq1m7to48l/wish/2498674230     symbolism https://padlet.com/joseph_borg001/kcu50qxq1m7to48l/wish/2500200853 using a symbol or and image to say or use something 

    - christopher ]]>     2023-03-01 21:30:51 UTC https://padlet.com/joseph_borg001/kcu50qxq1m7to48l/wish/2500200853     Rhetorical Question - Taylan Salih https://padlet.com/joseph_borg001/kcu50qxq1m7to48l/wish/2500318147 A question that is asked where the answer is implied or not needed.]]> 2023-03-02 00:22:01 UTC https://padlet.com/joseph_borg001/kcu50qxq1m7to48l/wish/2500318147 Metaphor - Taylan Salih https://padlet.com/joseph_borg001/kcu50qxq1m7to48l/wish/2500320406 A metaphor is a figure of speech that is not literal or practical.

    e.g. He eats like a pig.]]>     2023-03-02 00:24:46 UTC https://padlet.com/joseph_borg001/kcu50qxq1m7to48l/wish/2500320406