Literary Devices by Garot Conklin https://padlet.com/garotconkl18/wh0p27scemuy en-us 2017-01-04 15:38:22 UTC 2024-11-02 23:39:18 UTC hello@padlet.com Pun garotconkl18 https://padlet.com/garotconkl18/wh0p27scemuy/wish/145290898 Wordplay on multiple meanings of a word, or two words that sound alike but have different meanings.
ex. 
  • Why do we still have troops in Germany? To keep the Russians in Czech.
]]> 2017-01-04 15:45:29 UTC https://padlet.com/garotconkl18/wh0p27scemuy/wish/145290898 garotconkl18 https://padlet.com/garotconkl18/wh0p27scemuy/wish/145295600 2017-01-04 15:57:43 UTC https://padlet.com/garotconkl18/wh0p27scemuy/wish/145295600 Simile garotconkl18 https://padlet.com/garotconkl18/wh0p27scemuy/wish/145296022 A comparison using like or as. 
ex.
  • The water well was as dry as a bone.
]]> 2017-01-04 15:58:43 UTC https://padlet.com/garotconkl18/wh0p27scemuy/wish/145296022 garotconkl18 https://padlet.com/garotconkl18/wh0p27scemuy/wish/145297567 2017-01-04 16:03:22 UTC https://padlet.com/garotconkl18/wh0p27scemuy/wish/145297567 Antagonist garotconkl18 https://padlet.com/garotconkl18/wh0p27scemuy/wish/145298322 A character in a story that opposes the protagonist, or main character
ex. Darth Vadar is the main antagonist of Luke Skywalker in Star Wars.]]> 2017-01-04 16:05:21 UTC https://padlet.com/garotconkl18/wh0p27scemuy/wish/145298322 garotconkl18 https://padlet.com/garotconkl18/wh0p27scemuy/wish/145300007 2017-01-04 16:10:21 UTC https://padlet.com/garotconkl18/wh0p27scemuy/wish/145300007 Irony garotconkl18 https://padlet.com/garotconkl18/wh0p27scemuy/wish/145300590 the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect.
ex.Looking at her son's messy room, Mom says, "Wow, you could win an award for cleanliness!"]]> 2017-01-04 16:11:46 UTC https://padlet.com/garotconkl18/wh0p27scemuy/wish/145300590 garotconkl18 https://padlet.com/garotconkl18/wh0p27scemuy/wish/145301913 2017-01-04 16:14:50 UTC https://padlet.com/garotconkl18/wh0p27scemuy/wish/145301913 Anaphora garotconkl18 https://padlet.com/garotconkl18/wh0p27scemuy/wish/145512297 The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases or sentences, often  used to build emotional effect or emphasis
ex.
  • “Every day, every night, in every way, I am getting better and better”
]]> 2017-01-05 15:42:24 UTC https://padlet.com/garotconkl18/wh0p27scemuy/wish/145512297 garotconkl18 https://padlet.com/garotconkl18/wh0p27scemuy/wish/145513366 2017-01-05 15:45:33 UTC https://padlet.com/garotconkl18/wh0p27scemuy/wish/145513366 Metaphor garotconkl18 https://padlet.com/garotconkl18/wh0p27scemuy/wish/145513808 A comparison between two unlike things, sometimes called an analogy
ex.The assignment was a breeze.]]> 2017-01-05 15:46:44 UTC https://padlet.com/garotconkl18/wh0p27scemuy/wish/145513808 garotconkl18 https://padlet.com/garotconkl18/wh0p27scemuy/wish/145515192 2017-01-05 15:50:34 UTC https://padlet.com/garotconkl18/wh0p27scemuy/wish/145515192 Personification garotconkl18 https://padlet.com/garotconkl18/wh0p27scemuy/wish/145515502 the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.
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  • The car complained as the key was turned.
]]> 2017-01-05 15:51:29 UTC https://padlet.com/garotconkl18/wh0p27scemuy/wish/145515502 garotconkl18 https://padlet.com/garotconkl18/wh0p27scemuy/wish/145517363 2017-01-05 15:56:54 UTC https://padlet.com/garotconkl18/wh0p27scemuy/wish/145517363 Mood garotconkl18 https://padlet.com/garotconkl18/wh0p27scemuy/wish/145517642 The atmosphere or feeling of a literary work.
ex. gloomy, dark, intense, etc.]]> 2017-01-05 15:57:42 UTC https://padlet.com/garotconkl18/wh0p27scemuy/wish/145517642 garotconkl18 https://padlet.com/garotconkl18/wh0p27scemuy/wish/145519029 2017-01-05 16:02:00 UTC https://padlet.com/garotconkl18/wh0p27scemuy/wish/145519029 Soliloquy garotconkl18 https://padlet.com/garotconkl18/wh0p27scemuy/wish/145519277 A monologue delivered by one character, revealing thoughts and feelings. Only the audience hears this; no other character does. 
ex.“To be, or not to be–that is the question:
Whether ‘tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune
…………………………………………….” (William Shakespeare Hamlet 3.10]]> 2017-01-05 16:02:44 UTC https://padlet.com/garotconkl18/wh0p27scemuy/wish/145519277 garotconkl18 https://padlet.com/garotconkl18/wh0p27scemuy/wish/145522226 2017-01-05 16:10:30 UTC https://padlet.com/garotconkl18/wh0p27scemuy/wish/145522226 Hyperbole garotconkl18 https://padlet.com/garotconkl18/wh0p27scemuy/wish/145522531 Extreme exaggeration for effect
ex.
  • I am so hungry I could eat a horse.
]]> 2017-01-05 16:11:13 UTC https://padlet.com/garotconkl18/wh0p27scemuy/wish/145522531 garotconkl18 https://padlet.com/garotconkl18/wh0p27scemuy/wish/145523035 2017-01-05 16:12:27 UTC https://padlet.com/garotconkl18/wh0p27scemuy/wish/145523035