Literary

Devices
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The description of an event that occurred prior to
Flashbacki
the action in the story.
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A technique that is used to hint or suggest the
Foreshadowi
outcome of an important conflict or
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situation
A distinct in a narrative.
representation of something that can
be experienced and understood through the
Imager
senses (sight, hearing, touch, smell, and taste),
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or the representation of an idea.
An object, person, or action that conveys two
Symbolis
meanings: its literal meaning and
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something it stands for.
In a literary work, the speaker’s attitude toward
Tone
the reader or the subject.
1. How many cookies could a good cook
cook if a good cook could cook
cookies? A good cook could cook as
much cookies as a good cook who
could cook cookies.
2. And now, the end is near And so I
face the final curtain (Frank Sinatra,
My Way)
3. The cactus saluted those who drove
past.
4. My grandmother is as wise as an owl.
 FIGURES
OF
SPEECH
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Alliteration
•The repetition of an initial
consonant sound.
•Example: Carrie's cat clawed
her couch, creating chaos.
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Anaphora
•The Repetition of the same word or
phrase at the beginning of successive
clauses or verses.
•Example – “I needed a drink, I needed a
lot of life insurance, I needed a
vacation, I needed a home in the
country. What I had was a coat, a hat
and a gun.
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Assonance
•Identity or similarity in sound
between internal vowel in
neighboring words.
•Example – “ If I bleat when I
speak it’s because I just
got….fleeced.” By Al
Swearengen in Deadwood,
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Chiasmus
•A verbal pattern in which the
second half of an expression is
balanced against the first but
with the parts reversed.
•Example- Do I love you because
you're beautiful? Or are you
beautiful because I love you? -
5) Euphemism

•The substitution of an
inoffensive term for one
considered offensively
explicit.
•Example – Paul Kersey :
You’ve got a prime figure.
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Hyperbole
•An extravagant statement; the
use of exaggerated terms for
the purpose of emphasis
or heightened effect.
•Example: I am so hungry I
could eat a horse.
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•Irony
The use of words to convey the
opposite of their literary
meaning. A statement or
situation where the meaning is
contradicted by the appearance
or presentation of the idea.
•Example: Looking at her son's
messy room, Mom says,
"Wow, you could win an award
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Litotes
•A figure of speech
consisting of an
understatement in which
an affirmative is
expressed by negating
its opposite.
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Metaphor
•An implied comparison between two
unlike things that actually have
something important in common.
•Example – “ A man may break a word
with you sir, and words are but wind.”
By William Shakespeare, from ‘The
Comedy of Errors.’
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•Metonymy
A figure of speech in which one
word or phrase is substituted for
another with which it is closely
associated; also, the rhetorical
strategy of describing something
indirectly by referring to things
around it.
•"The pen is mightier than the
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Onomatopoeia
•The use of words that imitate the
sounds associated with the objects or
actions they refer to.
•Example – The best part about music
class is that you can bang on the
drum.
•The pigs oinked excitedly.
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Oxymoron
•A figure of speech in which
incongruous or contradictory
terms appear side by side.
•Examples – act naturally, random order,
original copy, found missing, alone
together , criminal justice, old news,
peace force, even odds, awful good,
student teacher, deafening silence,
definite possibility, definite maybe,
terribly pleased, ill health, turn up
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•A figure of speech in which an
Personification
inanimate object or abstraction is
endowed with human qualities or
abilities.
•Example-
The wind stood up and gave a shout. He
whistled on his fingers and kicked the
withered leaves about and thumped the
branches with his hand. And he said
he’d kill and kill and kill, and so he will,
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Paradox
•A statement that appears to contradict
itself.
•Examples – “ War is Peace.”, “Freedom
is slavery.”
, “ Ignorance is strength.” By
George Orwell, (1984)
•You can save money by spending it.
•I know one thing; that I know nothing.
15) Pun
•A play on words, sometimes on
different senses of the same
word and sometimes on the
similar sense or sound of
different words.
•Examples: You were right, so I
left. Geometry is so pointless.
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Simile
•A stated comparison ( usually
formed with “like” or “as”) between
two fundamentally dissimilar things
that have certain qualities in
common.
•Example – “Good coffee is like
friendship: rich and warm and
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Synecdoche
•A figure of speech in which a part
is used to represent the whole or
the whole for a part.
•Examples: The word "wheels"
refers to a vehicle.
1. How many cookies could a good cook
cook if a good cook could cook
cookies? A good cook could cook as
much cookies as a good cook who
could cook cookies.
2. And now, the end is near And so I
face the final curtain (Frank Sinatra,
My Way)
3. The cactus saluted those who drove
past.
4. My grandmother is as wise as an owl.
FIGURES OF SPEECH WORKSHEET

Identify the figure of speech

2. "The pen is mightier than the sword,"

3. With malice toward none; with charity for all; with

4. Walter walked wearily while wondering where Wally was.

6. Sanitation engineer instead of garbage man

7. “Love as if you would one day hate, and hate as if you would one day love.”

8. “…The corn was full of kernels, And the colonels full of corn.”
9. Yarvis yanked you at yoga, and Yvonne yelled.

10. “Never let a Fool Kiss You or a Kiss Fool You.”

11. Vertically-challenged instead of short

12. “Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very

14. I cannot disagree with your point.

15. I distinctly remember forgetting that.

16. She did not realize that opportunity was knocking at her door.

17. You were as brave as a lion.

19. "I like a smuggler. He is the only honest thief.“

20. I had a ton of homework.

21. The large dog said, “Bow-wow!”

22. The pigs oinked excitedly.

24. I can't get no satisfaction.

25. "Beautiful are the feet that bring