Summative Assessment LitDev

Everything you need to know to analyze figurative language in poetry, drama, literature, speeches, etc.

• Figures of Speech

• Sound Devices

• Literary Devices

• Sensory Language

A language that is not meant to be taken literally, or word for word

• Sensory Language

• Figurative Language

• Literary Devices

• Sound Devices

The use of language to create mental images and sensory impressions for emotional effect and intensity.

• Literary Devices

• Figures of Speech

• Sound Devices

• Imagery/Sensory Language

A comparison of two things that are essentially different, using the words like or as

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

A subtle comparison in which an author describes a person or thing using words that are not meant to be taken literally

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

A figurative language in which nonhuman things or abstractions are represented as having human qualities

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Phrases people use in everyday language which do not make sense literally, but the meaning is understood

• Idiom

• Irony

• Sarcasm

• Symbol

This literary device focuses on the sound of words, rather than their meaning.

• Sound Devices

• Figures of Speech

• Sensory Language

• Literary Devices

It is when an author repeats a word, phrase, sentence, or stanza for effect or emphasis

• Repetition

• Rhyme

• Alliteration

• Assonance

The repetition of end sounds in two or more words or phrases that appear close to each other in a poem.

• Repetition

• Rhyme

• Alliteration

• Assonance