ENG3UD - Literary Devices Resource by Ms Jackson https://padlet.com/jackson14_edu/onqt5zhtnykc Sharing is caring. en-us 2016-09-08 16:38:05 UTC 2025-11-18 20:38:14 UTC hello@padlet.com Juxtaposition jackson14_edu https://padlet.com/jackson14_edu/onqt5zhtnykc/wish/122694762 Definition: to place close together or side by side, especially for comparison or contrast.
Example: Placing this child's toy in front of a tank sends a message about children and war.
Done by: Ms. Jackson
Source: http://aisforeducation.pressible.org/stevewelsh/v-is-for-juxtaposition]]> 2016-09-09 11:40:24 UTC https://padlet.com/jackson14_edu/onqt5zhtnykc/wish/122694762 Imagery https://padlet.com/jackson14_edu/onqt5zhtnykc/wish/122830445 Definition: Imagery is a very common literary devices in the article, usually use Listen, look, taste, feel and smell to help reader understand this article. 
Example: She smelled the scent of sweet hibiscus wafting through the air, its tropical smell a reminder that she was on vacation in a beautiful place.
Done by Ziv]]> 2016-09-09 17:32:41 UTC https://padlet.com/jackson14_edu/onqt5zhtnykc/wish/122830445 Metaphor  https://padlet.com/jackson14_edu/onqt5zhtnykc/wish/122830695 Definition: Compare two things without using "like" or "as".
Example: Love is pain, 'tis totally painful.
Done by: Katie N
Source:
http://www.enotes.com/topics/romeo-and-juliet

]]> 2016-09-09 17:33:18 UTC https://padlet.com/jackson14_edu/onqt5zhtnykc/wish/122830695 Simile https://padlet.com/jackson14_edu/onqt5zhtnykc/wish/122830779 Definition: Compare two things or persons which are not similar.The simile is usually in a phrase that begins with "as" or "like".
Example: He is as lazy as a pig.
Done by: Stacey
Source: http://examples.yourdictionary.com/simile-examples-for-kids.html]]> 2016-09-09 17:33:30 UTC https://padlet.com/jackson14_edu/onqt5zhtnykc/wish/122830779 Epiphany https://padlet.com/jackson14_edu/onqt5zhtnykc/wish/122830785 Definition: this mean that understand the meaning of  the thing at the moment, maybe go though many years to realize the truth 
Example: A young boy realize the meaning of the words that said by his mother after he got into trouble for drunk driving
Done by: Jack
Source:https://www.google.com.hk/search?q=drunk+driving&safe=strict&prmd=inv&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiiouTT6oLPAhUDeT4KHbGOCwQQ_AUIBygB&biw=1024&bih=704&dpr=2#imgrc=wBAGqkrJgncPBM%3A]]> 2016-09-09 17:33:31 UTC https://padlet.com/jackson14_edu/onqt5zhtnykc/wish/122830785 Symbolism https://padlet.com/jackson14_edu/onqt5zhtnykc/wish/122831260 Definition: Symbolism is a system of symbols/things or is a symbolic representations.

Example: Heart shaped which means love, sometimes when we see a heart shaped we will link to love.
So heart shaped is the symbol of love.

]]> 2016-09-09 17:34:34 UTC https://padlet.com/jackson14_edu/onqt5zhtnykc/wish/122831260 mood https://padlet.com/jackson14_edu/onqt5zhtnykc/wish/122831505 Definition: It's the emotion of people after they know something.
Example:
  • comedy
  • tragedy
Done by: Tiger
Source:
]]> 2016-09-09 17:35:13 UTC https://padlet.com/jackson14_edu/onqt5zhtnykc/wish/122831505 Assonance 575969195 https://padlet.com/jackson14_edu/onqt5zhtnykc/wish/122831805 Definition: Two different words have almost same pronunciations
Example:sheep and ship.

]]> 2016-09-09 17:35:56 UTC https://padlet.com/jackson14_edu/onqt5zhtnykc/wish/122831805 Dramatic irony https://padlet.com/jackson14_edu/onqt5zhtnykc/wish/122831807 Definition：irony that occurs when the meaning of the situation  is understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play.
Example：Horror films are notorious for presenting dramatic irony. The audience always knows where the bad guy is hiding ehwn the "franstic" girl does not.
Done by Melody]]> 2016-09-09 17:35:57 UTC https://padlet.com/jackson14_edu/onqt5zhtnykc/wish/122831807 Alliteration zgs0828david https://padlet.com/jackson14_edu/onqt5zhtnykc/wish/122831931 Definition: For the beginning of three words pronounce familiar with each other.
Example: Alice’s aunt ate apples and acorns around August.
Down by: David Zhang
Quotation link:https://wall.alphacoders.com/big.php?i=366837]]> 2016-09-09 17:36:14 UTC https://padlet.com/jackson14_edu/onqt5zhtnykc/wish/122831931 Hyperbole https://padlet.com/jackson14_edu/onqt5zhtnykc/wish/122832078 Definition: exaggerate or reduce the image of things, some characters or character to highlight things, clearly express the thoughts and feelings of rhetoric.
Example: I had a ton of homework.
Done by: Janice.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperbole]]> 2016-09-09 17:36:34 UTC https://padlet.com/jackson14_edu/onqt5zhtnykc/wish/122832078 onomatopoeia: aprilsweetair https://padlet.com/jackson14_edu/onqt5zhtnykc/wish/122832479 Definition:some word come from some voice
Example: The firework fought into the sky and BOOMED.]]> 2016-09-09 17:37:25 UTC https://padlet.com/jackson14_edu/onqt5zhtnykc/wish/122832479 Motif https://padlet.com/jackson14_edu/onqt5zhtnykc/wish/122832519 Definition: In an article or story, a subject, theme, or idea recurring appear.
Example:
Source:http://www.dictionary.com/browse/motif
By: Tyler]]> 2016-09-09 17:37:31 UTC https://padlet.com/jackson14_edu/onqt5zhtnykc/wish/122832519 Foreshadowing Sonya323 https://padlet.com/jackson14_edu/onqt5zhtnykc/wish/122832597 definition: a warning of a future event
example: A character’s thoughts,  “I told myself this is the end of my trouble, but I didn’t believe myself.”


]]> 2016-09-09 17:37:42 UTC https://padlet.com/jackson14_edu/onqt5zhtnykc/wish/122832597 Foil https://padlet.com/jackson14_edu/onqt5zhtnykc/wish/122832635 Definition: anything that is use to contrast to another thing's good quality.

Example: It's about showing pepsi and coke vending machine but the track in front of the pepsi is more clearly. It shows that the pepsi is more popular than coke.

Source:http://www.ad189.com/uploads/online_edit_pic/common/20094//IOImNf6HVzbDPAWadNE6.jpg

done by Tim]]> 2016-09-09 17:37:48 UTC https://padlet.com/jackson14_edu/onqt5zhtnykc/wish/122832635 Allusion https://padlet.com/jackson14_edu/onqt5zhtnykc/wish/122832790 Definition: An indirect reference to people, places, events or literary works.
Example: This place is like a Garden of Eden.
Done by Lili
Source: http://literarydevices.net/allusion/

]]> 2016-09-09 17:38:10 UTC https://padlet.com/jackson14_edu/onqt5zhtnykc/wish/122832790 oxymoron https://padlet.com/jackson14_edu/onqt5zhtnykc/wish/122832807 definition: literary device that including 2 words that actually is contrast to each other, for an example : ice hot]]> 2016-09-09 17:38:12 UTC https://padlet.com/jackson14_edu/onqt5zhtnykc/wish/122832807 Motif https://padlet.com/jackson14_edu/onqt5zhtnykc/wish/122832847 Definition:A recurring subject, theme, iteam,  especially in a literary, airtic, or music work.
Example: My understanding is that this artwork came first and was soon replacedwith the “Sambo as a baby genie”

http://www.dictionary.com/browse/motif 
By yuto



]]> 2016-09-09 17:38:18 UTC https://padlet.com/jackson14_edu/onqt5zhtnykc/wish/122832847 verbal irony gushiyi99 https://padlet.com/jackson14_edu/onqt5zhtnykc/wish/122833185 definition：to say the opposite mean of what people say.

example:
It would be a fine indeed not knowing what time it was in the morning.

Done by Katie G

]]> 2016-09-09 17:39:12 UTC https://padlet.com/jackson14_edu/onqt5zhtnykc/wish/122833185 Assonance https://padlet.com/jackson14_edu/onqt5zhtnykc/wish/122833377 Definition: Two different words but their vowels are the same.

Example:These two words bear and bare. they have same pronunciation, not different  means.

http://static.memrise.com/uploads/mems/output/2825650-130504035154.png

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]]> 2016-09-09 17:39:39 UTC https://padlet.com/jackson14_edu/onqt5zhtnykc/wish/122833377 Oxymoron by kevin chaay https://padlet.com/jackson14_edu/onqt5zhtnykc/wish/122834487 Definition: literary device that are including 2 words that contrast to each other
Example : the sound of silent , the burning water and etc
https://www.dreamstime.com/royalty-free-stock-photo-burning-water-image6464865
The image ]]> 2016-09-09 17:43:06 UTC https://padlet.com/jackson14_edu/onqt5zhtnykc/wish/122834487 Situational Irony https://padlet.com/jackson14_edu/onqt5zhtnykc/wish/122835017 Situational irony is a literary device that you can easily identify in literary works. Simply, it occurs when incongruity appears between expectations of something to happen, and what actually happens instead. Example: A fire station burns down. Done by Daniel Akpoti. Source:https://www.pinterest.com/wugwugs/situational-irony/. ]]> 2016-09-09 17:44:28 UTC https://padlet.com/jackson14_edu/onqt5zhtnykc/wish/122835017 Onomatopoeia aprilsweetair https://padlet.com/jackson14_edu/onqt5zhtnykc/wish/122835070 Definition: to use word to describe a voice
Example: that gasoline can   was fired and boomed.

]]> 2016-09-09 17:44:40 UTC https://padlet.com/jackson14_edu/onqt5zhtnykc/wish/122835070 Tone https://padlet.com/jackson14_edu/onqt5zhtnykc/wish/122836206 definition: Tone is a literary, the perspective or attitude that the author feeling or thinking about the character, the setting or development. The tone can represent the feeling in the story or the movie like  solemn, grave, and critical to witty, wry and humorous. Tone help the readers undertand the story most clearly.
example:  In the movie "Titanic" the tone is about loving, frightened, ]]> 2016-09-09 17:48:03 UTC https://padlet.com/jackson14_edu/onqt5zhtnykc/wish/122836206