Literary Devices grade. 9

Metaphor

Metaphor

A figure of speech founded on resemlance eg. Man is a Fox

Hypebole

Exaggeration; a figure of speech exceeding truth

Onomatapoeia

The formation of words by imitation of sounds eg. Ruff (a dog's bark), Muck

Simile

A figure of speech consisting in likening one thing to another. He ran as fast as lightening

Analogy

is comparism of certin similarities between things which are other wise unlike

Personification

When you make a thing, idea or an animal do something only humans do. eg. The wind howls

Alliteration

is the repition of inital consonant sounds in two or more neighbouring words or syllables eg. peter piper picked a peck of pickled peppers

Foreshadowing

The use of hints or clues to suggest what will happen later on in the story

Imagery

description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste)

Allusion

a reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art

Symbolism

the use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities eg. Dove reprents peace

Parody

Mocking imitation in verse or pose of literary words eg. Cartoons(over exaggerating the size of a nose)

Dramatic Irony

is the contrast, occurs when another character(s) and/or the audience know more than one or more characters on stage about what is happening

Situational Irony

occurs when the outcome of a work is unexpected, or events turn out to be the opposite from what one had expected

Verbal Irony

The contrast between what is said and what is actually meant.

Pun

A play on the multiple meanings of a word, or two words that sound alike but have different meanings

Paradox

A statement that may be true but seems to say two opposite things

oxymoron

a figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase

Synecdoche

A figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole (as hand for sailor), the whole for a part (as the law for police officer), the specific for the general (as cutthroat for assassin), the general for the specific (as thief for pickpocket), or the material for the thing made from it (as steel for sword).

Metonymy

substituting the name of an attribute or feature for the name of the thing itself (as in 'they counted heads')

Consonance

the repetition of consonant sounds within or at the end of a word, e.g., east, west, best, test, trust, burst

Assonance

the repetition of similar vowels in the stressed syllables of successive words

Pathetic Fallacy

The attribution of human emotions or characteristics to inanimate objects or to nature; for example angry clouds; a cruel wind.

Comic Relief

An amusing scene, incident, or speech introduced into serious or tragic elements, as in a play, in order to provide temporary relief from tension, or to intensify the dramatic action.