Literary devices

Literary terms
Recap for the final exam


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Literary terms
Recap for the final exam


Slide 1 - Slide

Which literary devices do you remember?

Slide 2 - Mind map

Literary devices
  • Simile
  • Metaphor
  • Personification
  • hyperbole

Slide 3 - Slide

Watch and make notes

Slide 4 - Slide

Metaphor
Simile
Personification
I'm drowing in a sea of grief.
The stars danced playfully in the moonlit sky.
My love for you is as deep as the ocean.
I came in like a wreckingball
All the world’s a stage.
The tired old car coughed and weezed and crawled down the street.

Slide 5 - Drag question

Wait! There's even more?!

  • onomatopoeia
  • sarcasm / irony
  • imagery
  • alliteration

Slide 6 - Slide

Slide 7 - Video

And even more!
- hyperbole: an author or speaker purposely and obviously exaggerates to an extreme. It is used for emphasis or as a way of making a description more creative and humorous. 
-->   "That suitcase weighed a ton!"

- understatement: Understatement is when a writer presents a situation or thing as if it is less important or serious than it is in reality.
-->   "It's only -5 outside, it is not that cold!"

Slide 8 - Slide

- sarcasm: Sarcasm is a form of verbal irony that mocks, ridicules, or expresses contempt.
--> "Yes, that was sooooo helpful"

- repetition: a common rhetorical device used to add emphasis and stress in writing and speech.
--> "She looked to the left, she looked to the right, she looked straight ahead."

Slide 9 - Slide

Alliteration
Hyperbole
Sarcasm
I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.
Weather forcast for tonight: dark.
Kim's kid kept kicking like crazy!

Slide 10 - Drag question

Give an example of an onomatopoeia.

Slide 11 - Mind map

The ghostly galleons grab greedily

This is an example of:
A
Alliteration
B
Assonance
C
Simile
D
Metaphor

Slide 12 - Quiz

Which literary device is saying the exact opposite of what you mean?
A
satire
B
hyperbole
C
irony
D
alliteration

Slide 13 - Quiz

Choose the literary device:
'Twinkle twinkle little star..'
A
onomatopoeia
B
simile
C
alliteration
D
repetition

Slide 14 - Quiz

We are the corroboree and the bora ground.

This is an example of:
A
Alliteration
B
Assonance
C
Simile
D
Metaphor

Slide 15 - Quiz

I had so much homework last night that I needed a pickup truck to carry all my books home.
A
understatement
B
onomatopoeia
C
pun
D
hyperbole

Slide 16 - Quiz