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Unveiling Literary Magic: Discovering Figurative Language in Writing

Dive into the enchanting world of literary devices such as personification, hyperbole, idiom, pun, onomatopoeia and more. Learn about the art of similes and metaphors, where words transform into vivid images. Explore how repetition and imagery create powerful storytelling. Uncover the hidden meanings behind symbols and metaphors. This guide will illuminate the beauty and depth of language in writing.

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Unveiling Literary Magic: Discovering Figurative Language in Writing

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  1. Discovering Literary Devices 2 Personification Hyperbole Idiom Pun Onomatopoeia Oxymoron Repetition Imagery

  2. Simile and Metaphor • Simile– direct comparison between two unlike objects using likeor as. • Example: Paul Bunyan is as big as a mountain. • Metaphor–a figure of speech in which something is described as though it is something else. Unlike a simile, a metaphor does not contain like or as. • Example: Paul Bunyan is a mountain of a man.

  3. Extended Metaphor • A figure of speech that compares two essentially unlike things at some length. • Example: Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done, The ship has weather’d every rack, the prize we sought is won… -Walt Whitman, “O Captain! My Captain!” • In this poem, President Lincoln is compared to the captain of a ship, and the ship is a metaphor for the U.S.

  4. Personification • The giving of human qualities to an animal, object, or idea. • Example: Winter trees are starving, lacking leaves of spring.

  5. Onomatopoeia • The use of words whose sounds suggests their meaning. • Example: The boom of thunder woke me from my nap.

  6. Hyperbole • A figure of speech in which the truth is exaggerated for emphasis or for humorous effect. • Example: He runs so fast he could catch a bullet.

  7. Idiom • Phrases that have nothing to do with the meaning of the whole group of words together as a whole. • Examples: • A Dime A Dozen: Anything that is common and easy to get. • A Leopard Can't Change His Spots: You cannot change who you are.Finding Your Feet:  To become more comfortable in whatever you are doing • Cliché - An expression, such as “turn over a new leaf,” that has been used and reused so many times that it has lost its expressive power.

  8. Pun • A play on words that uses the similarity in sound between two words with distinctly different meanings.

  9. Oxymoron • Figure of speech that combines two normally contradictory terms. • Examples: icy hot; jumbo shrimp; bittersweet

  10. Repetition • A technique in which a sound, word, phrase, or line is repeated for effect or emphasis. • Example: In my sleep, I dream In my sleep, I believe In my sleep, I mourn

  11. Imagery • Consists of words and phrases that appeal to readers’ five senses. • Example: Soft snow fall upon the waiting roofs. The fluffy flakes create a mound of white powder…

  12. Symbol A person, a place, an object, or an action that stands for something beyond itself. Example: A single white dove flew above the warring country, lost in its path.

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