Literary Devices

Literary Devices in Pop Culture After listening to the video, list your favorite literary device clip used in pop culture including Alliteration, Allusion, Foreshadow, Hyperbole, Metaphor, Onomatopoeia, Personification, and Simile.Literary Device Covered in the Video Clip: Watch the video. What was your favorite literary devices used in the video? Write your favorite devices used in the video Fill in the blanks with the choices: repetition, metaphor, hyperbole, allusion, simile, onomatopoeia, personification, life, hint Hyperbole is a figure of speech involving extreme exaggeration. Onomatopoeiais the use of words that imitate the sounds they describe.Alliteration is any time there is repetitionof the initial consonant.Foreshadowing gives you a hintas to what is going to happen next in the story.A simile is a figure of speech involving comparisons with unlike things using like or as.Personification is giving human like qualities or characteristics to animals or objects.Allusion is any reference to a famous person or event in lifeor literature.A metaphor is a comparison in which one thing is said to be another. Read the passage below. Oh, never, if I live to a million, / Shall I feel such a terrible pain.What type of figurative language is represented. simile metaphor personification hyperbole What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? simile Endless wealth / held out its arms to me. 6 personification Time is a green orchard. metaphor She soothed her secret sorrow. alliteration Silver bells!... How they tinkle, tinkle, tinkle in the icy air of night. onomatopoeia "Lady" by Amy Lowell You are beautiful and fadedLike an old opera tunePlayed upon a harpsichord;Or like the sun-flooded silksOf an eighteenth-century boudoir1.In your eyesSmoulder the fallen roses of outlived minutes,And the perfume of your soulIs vague and suffusing,With the pungence of sealed spice-jars.Your half-tones delight me,And I grow mad with gazingAt your blent colors.My vigor is a new-minted penny,Which I cast at your feet.Gather it up from the dust,That its sparkle may amuse you. What is the TONEof this poem? How does the AUTHORfeel about the woman? fanatical adoring frustrated crazy What is the MOODof the poem? How does this poem make YOUfeel? calm hateful spiteful annoyed A literary device that compares two unlike things is a metaphor imagery symbolism Imagery paints a picture in the reader's mind by focusing on _. the setting of the story asking the reader important questions describing objects using the 5 senses An object that stands for some bigger idea or meaning is known as a _. image symbol allusion An author’s attitude towards the subject they are writing on is known as _. mood simile tone Match the literary term to its meaning irony use of words to express the exact opposite of their literal meaning allusion indirect reference to something from art, history, the Bible, or mythology metaphor comparing 2 things without using 'like' or 'as' personification words that give human characteristics to nonhuman objects onomatopoeia words whose sounds express their meaning hyperbole a figure of speech expressing extreme exaggeration foreshadow words that give the reader a hint or clue as to what will happen next Fill in the missing word. Literary devices enhance an author's writing to make it more interesting and dynamic to read. Literary devices can be seen in pop culture and can be applied to the real world. the general feeling or atmosphere of a text mood provides visually descriptive language imagery object that stands for some other meaning symbolism author's attitude towards their subject matter tone What is point of view? the perspective represented by an author, narrator, speaker, or character the high point of the story an interruption of the plot a statement that contradicts itself What is an antagonist? a reference to a famous historical event the perspective conveyed by the author a character or force that opposes the protagonist deliberate exaggeration What is a motif? a comparison between two unlike things a phrase, idea, or event that conveys a theme through repetition the time and place of a story the general atmosphere in a work of literature What is setting? the time and place of a story the repetition of initial consonants a comparison between two unlike things a recurring image What is characterization? the resolution of the story the background events before the plot begins an interruption of the plot the physical and personality traits of a character What is theme? a character or force that opposes the protagonist the message or moral of a text that is implicitly stated the locale and period of a story the hint or clue that something is going to happen What is dramatic irony? the time and place of a story granting human qualities to inanimate objects the general atmosphere that a text creates in a reader when the reader or audience member knows more about a situation than a character What is suspense? a comparison between two unlike things the repetition of initial letters the use of an object to represent an idea a state or feeling of excited or anxious uncertainty What is flashback? a reference to something famous an interruption of the plot to an earlier occurence the details and description of a character deliberate exaggeration What is climax? the background events before the plot begins the use of words whose sound suggests its meaning the turning point of the story the narrative point of view What is paradox? two juxtaposed words that are opposite the high point of a story a statement that seems to contradict itself the main character of a stroy What is exposition? the background and events that lead to the presentation of the main story the use of words to suggest its meaning a reference to something famous the attitude of the writer What is foil? a statement that contradicts itself one character points up the differences in another character the attitude the writer has towards its subject a reference to something famous