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Literary Devices

Literary Devices. 4/30/2012. Tone. Author’s attitude toward a subject Positive: hopeful, enthusiastic, sympathetic, humorous Negative: insulting, condescending, desperate, scornful Neutral: reflective, sincere, shocking, inquisitive. Simile. Comparing two things using “like” or “as”

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Literary Devices

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  1. Literary Devices 4/30/2012

  2. Tone • Author’s attitude toward a subject • Positive: hopeful, enthusiastic, sympathetic, humorous • Negative: insulting, condescending, desperate, scornful • Neutral: reflective, sincere, shocking, inquisitive

  3. Simile • Comparing two things using “like” or “as” • Ex: “Janie saw her life like a great tree in leaf with the things suffered…”

  4. Metaphor • Comparing two things • Ex: “Put me down easy, Janie. I’m a cracked plate.” • Ex: Her love bloomed with the changing of the seasons.

  5. Personification • Giving human-like qualities to non-human objects • Ex: “…the panting breath of the breeze…”

  6. Hyperbole • Extreme exaggeration • Ex: I’m starving to death.

  7. Imagery • Descriptive language appealing to the five senses (sight, sound, taste, touch, smell) • Ex: “The porch was boiling now.” • Ex: “She was a wind on the ocean.”

  8. Symbols • When something represents an idea or person • Ex: A red cross represents medical aid.

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