Figurative Language & Literary Devices

A type of communication that does not use a word's strict or realistic meaning

• Author’s Purpose

• Figurative Language

• Figurative

• Literal

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Simile

• a comparison of two unlike things using “like”, “as”, or “than”

• suggests that two different things are the same without using “like”, “as”, or “than”

• is repeating the same beginning sound in more than two words.

• is an obvious exaggeration.

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"Laughter is music of the soul."

• Allusion

• Alliteration

• Diction

• Metaphor

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Can be a word, object, action, character, or concept that embodies and evokes a range of additional meaning and significance.

• Symbol/Symbolism

• Theme

• Denotation

• Connotation

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Refers to the central, deeper meaning of a written work

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Irony is a literary device used by authors.There are Three different types of irony:

• Verbal

• Cosmic

• Dramatic

• Situational

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Mood/Tone (2 anwser)

• refers to the emotional response that the writer wishes to evoke in the reader through a story.

• the overall message of the text that a writer intends to convey to the audience.

• is a literary device that reflects the writer’s attitude toward the subject matter or audience of a literary work

• refers to a meaning that is implied by a word apart from the thing which it describes explicitly.

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"The TV talked all night."

• Personification

• Synonym

• Summary

• Onomatopoeia

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Characterization

• a literary device that is used step-by-step in literature to highlight and explain the details of a character in a story

• This kind of characterization takes a direct approach toward building the character.

• This is a more subtle way of introducing the character to the audience.

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Is a word or phrase that is used differently than its intended use.

• Idiom

• Onomatopoeia

• Personification

• hyperbole

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