Language Device Practice

Vocabulary flashcards covering the definitions and examples of literary and language devices practiced in the lecture.

Alliteration

Using two or more words in the same sentence that begin with the same letter/sound (example: Buzzing, Bubbling, Bouncing Bumble Bees).

Simile

Using 'like' or 'as' when comparing two or more things (example: the dancer twirled like a falling leaf).

Metaphor

Claiming that it 'is', 'was', 'were' that comparison (example: the dancer was a twirling leaf).

Onomatopoeia

Using sound in text to help with description (example: Bang, snap, whosh).

Personification

Giving a non-living thing, human like qualities (example: the rain cried, the car smiled, the blinds blinked open).