Literary Devices

Literary Devices

A Review

Poll

How comfortable are you will the literary devices? (Simile, Metaphor, Personification etc.)

• Not comfortable at all

• Sort of comfortable

• Comfortable

• This it is easy!

Simile

• She was a smart as a fox.

• He was like a bull

Multiple Select

Check all of the following which are similes.

• He ran as fast as a cheetah

• They were clowns

• She liked ice cream

• She climbed like a mountain goat.

Multiple Select

What is the definition of a simile?

• A comparison of two unlike things.

• A comparison of two unlike things using LIKE or AS

• The unexpected happening.

• The repetition of consonant sounds.

Metaphor

• Don't trust him, he is a wolf in sheep's clothing.

• She's a doll.

Multiple Select

Check all of the following that are metaphors

• They were clowns

• She ate like a bird

• She's a snake in the grass.

• Like a coyote, he cried into the night.

Multiple Select

What is the definition of a metaphor?

• A comparison of two unlike things.

• A comparison of two unlike things using LIKE or AS

• Giving human-like qualities to a non-human thing.

• The repetition of consonant sounds.

Personification

• The desk was stubborn and refused to move.

• The scale lies.

Multiple Select

What is the definition of personification?

• A comparison of two unlike things.

• Extreme exaggeration.

• Giving human-like qualities to a non-human thing.

• The repetition of consonant sounds.

Open Ended

Create your own personification.

Alliteration

• He has hot hamburgers

• Snakes slither sideways

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an alliteration?

• Kids are silly and witty

• Cars are like trucks but smaller

• Sneaky snakes slithered through the grass.

• Be home by midnight

Multiple Select

What is the definition of alliteration?

• A comparison of two unlike things.

• Extreme exaggeration.

• Giving human-like qualities to a non-human thing.

• The repetition of consonant sounds.

Oxymoron

• Jumbo Shrimp

• Escaped Prisoner

Multiple Select

What is the definition of an oxymoron?

• A comparison of two unlike things.

• Extreme exaggeration.

• Giving human-like qualities to a non-human thing.

• placing two opposite words or ideas together.

Fill in the Blank

Pretty ugly is an example of an ________

Hyperbole

• She was so shiny she looked just like a star

• I am so tired I am going to sleep for a thousand years!

Multiple Choice

Which one of the following is NOT a hyperbole?

• It's raining cats and dogs!

• She's meaner than the devil himself!

• I'm starving to death.

• The care was like a sauna.

Multiple Select

What is the definition of a hyperbole?

• A comparison of two unlike things.

• Extreme exaggeration.

• Giving human-like qualities to a non-human thing.

• placing two opposite words or ideas together.

Situational Irony

• When the unexpected happens:

  • Police officer gets pulled over

  • Fireman's house catches fire

Match

Match the type of irony its definition:

• The audience knows something the characters do not.
• A rock-climber is afraid of heights.
• A person says something but means the opposite.

Dramatic Irony

Situation Irony

Verbal Irony or

Sarcasm

• Dramatic Irony
• Situation Irony
• Verbal Irony or

  Sarcasm

Poll

How comfortable are you with the literary devices now? Do you think you could find them in a short story?

• I would need help

• Maybe

• Most of them

• No problem!