Literary Devices by Angelina Smith https://padlet.com/asmith1229/oo4cuw8whqpc en-us 2019-04-09 17:33:22 UTC 2024-11-15 13:04:51 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-uploads.storage.googleapis.com/338598827/083857578000b9d3538b8b9cd9cfc7a4/images.jpeg Flashback asmith1229 https://padlet.com/asmith1229/oo4cuw8whqpc/wish/350056070 Definition: a scene in a movie, novel, etc., set in a time earlier than the main story.]]> 2019-04-09 17:41:02 UTC https://padlet.com/asmith1229/oo4cuw8whqpc/wish/350056070 Idiom asmith1229 https://padlet.com/asmith1229/oo4cuw8whqpc/wish/350056850  Definition: group of words established by usage as having a meaning not deducible from those of the individual words (e.g., rain cats and dogs, see the light ).
Example: Pardon my french]]> 2019-04-09 17:42:39 UTC https://padlet.com/asmith1229/oo4cuw8whqpc/wish/350056850 Onomatopoeia asmith1229 https://padlet.com/asmith1229/oo4cuw8whqpc/wish/350139007 Definition: the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named (e.g. cuckoo, sizzle ).
Example: BOOM! BAM! POW!]]> 2019-04-09 21:07:58 UTC https://padlet.com/asmith1229/oo4cuw8whqpc/wish/350139007 Alliteration asmith1229 https://padlet.com/asmith1229/oo4cuw8whqpc/wish/350833269 Definition: the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
Example: Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.]]> 2019-04-11 15:43:58 UTC https://padlet.com/asmith1229/oo4cuw8whqpc/wish/350833269 Repetition asmith1229 https://padlet.com/asmith1229/oo4cuw8whqpc/wish/350834602 Definition: the action of repeating something that has already been said or written.
Example: Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow.]]> 2019-04-11 15:46:28 UTC https://padlet.com/asmith1229/oo4cuw8whqpc/wish/350834602 Hyperbole asmith1229 https://padlet.com/asmith1229/oo4cuw8whqpc/wish/350837860 Definition: exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.
Example: The whole world was staring at me...]]> 2019-04-11 15:52:45 UTC https://padlet.com/asmith1229/oo4cuw8whqpc/wish/350837860 Denotation asmith1229 https://padlet.com/asmith1229/oo4cuw8whqpc/wish/351228621 Definition: Refures to the literal, dictionary definition of the word.
Example: The blueberry is very blue. ]]> 2019-04-12 16:41:22 UTC https://padlet.com/asmith1229/oo4cuw8whqpc/wish/351228621 Personification asmith1229 https://padlet.com/asmith1229/oo4cuw8whqpc/wish/351230094 Definition: the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.
Example: Lightning danced across the sky.]]> 2019-04-12 16:44:50 UTC https://padlet.com/asmith1229/oo4cuw8whqpc/wish/351230094 Allusion asmith1229 https://padlet.com/asmith1229/oo4cuw8whqpc/wish/351290632 Definition: an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.
Example:  You're acting like such a Scrooge!]]> 2019-04-12 19:10:14 UTC https://padlet.com/asmith1229/oo4cuw8whqpc/wish/351290632 Imagery asmith1229 https://padlet.com/asmith1229/oo4cuw8whqpc/wish/351291981 2019-04-12 19:14:44 UTC https://padlet.com/asmith1229/oo4cuw8whqpc/wish/351291981