Literary devices Creative

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• Middelbare school
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• Leerjaar 5

Literary Devices

Goals 

After this lesson you will recognise the following literary devices: 

1. simile                            6. hyperbole
2. metaphor                      7. alliteration
3. personification             8. irony
4. onomatopoeia              9. imagery
5. oxymoron

Let's get started

“He was sweating like a racehorse.”

1. simile
2. metaphor
3. onomatopoeia
4. oxymoron?

When a word’s vocalization imitates a natural sound, as can be heard in the words murmur, buzz, and pop, what do we call that device?

1. simile
2. metaphor
3. onomatopoeia
4. hyperbole

"Purple puppies like playing on the playground." This is an example of

1. personification
2. alliteration
3. onomatopoeia
4. oxymoron

Look at the following cartoon

The cartoon is an example of...

1. simile
2. personification
3. symbol
4. hyperbole

The irony is when an event or response occurs that is the _________ of what is expected.

1. opposite
2. similar
3. related to
4. quite similar

Foreshadowing is when we learn what will happen in the ______

1. past
2. present
3. never
4. future

this sentence is an example of:
"Rita heard the last piece of pie calling her name".

1. oxymoron
2. onomatopoeia
3. personification
4. simile

these pictures are all 

examples of ...

the pictures shown before were all examples of

1. oxymoron
2. personication
3. metaphor
4. simile

"Life is a highway".

1. metaphor
2. simile

 Assignment

Search for an example of the following literary devices and write them down on paper.  For each provide the following: 1. the definition of the term, 2 an example, 3 explanation AND what effect it has on the reader.

simile                                                          metaphor                                    personification

                            onomatopoeia                                          oxymoron           

hyperbole                                                alliteration                                          irony 

                            imagery

I now have a greater understanding or literary devices.

YES

NO

NOT SURE

Imagery

imagery makes use of particular words that create visual representation of ideas in our minds. The word “imagery” is associated with mental pictures. However, this idea is but partially correct.

Imagery 

Literary term used for language and description that appeals to our five senses.

Attempt to describe something so that it appeals to our sense of smell, sight, taste, touch, or hearing; he/she has used imagery.

The author creates images in the mind of the reader.

Examples of imagery 

Choose the correct sense

1. I could hear the popping and crackling as mom dropped the bacon into the frying pan, and soon the salty, greasy smell wafted toward me.

1. Auditory (sound)
2. Olfactory (smell)
3. Visual (sight)
4. Tactile (touch)

2. Glittering white, the blanket of snow covered everything in sight.

1. Auditory (sound)
2. Gustatory (taste)
3. Tactile (touch)
4. Visual (sight)

3. The candy melted in her mouth and swirls of bittersweet chocolate and slightly sweet but salty caramel blended together on her tongue.

1. Olfactory
2. Visual
3. Gustatory
4. Tactile

4. After the long run, he collapsed in the grass with tired and burning muscles. The grass tickled his skin and sweat cooled on his brow.

1. Tactile
2. Olfactory
3. Visual
4. Auditory

Literary Devices

Goals 

After this lesson you will recognise the following literary devices: 

1. simile                            6. hyperbole
2. metaphor                      7. alliteration
3. personification             8. irony
4. onomatopoeia              9. imagery
5. oxymoron

Let's get started

“He was sweating like a racehorse.”

1. simile
2. metaphor
3. onomatopoeia
4. oxymoron?

When a word’s vocalization imitates a natural sound, as can be heard in the words murmur, buzz, and pop, what do we call that device?

1. simile
2. metaphor
3. onomatopoeia
4. hyperbole

"Purple puppies like playing on the playground." This is an example of

1. personification
2. alliteration
3. onomatopoeia
4. oxymoron

Look at the following cartoon

The cartoon is an example of...

1. simile
2. personification
3. symbol
4. hyperbole

The irony is when an event or response occurs that is the _________ of what is expected.

1. opposite
2. similar
3. related to
4. quite similar

Foreshadowing is when we learn what will happen in the ______

1. past
2. present
3. never
4. future

this sentence is an example of:
"Rita heard the last piece of pie calling her name".

1. oxymoron
2. onomatopoeia
3. personification
4. simile

these pictures are all 

examples of ...

the pictures shown before were all examples of

1. oxymoron
2. personication
3. metaphor
4. simile

"Life is a highway".

1. metaphor
2. simile

 Assignment

Search for an example of the following literary devices and write them down on paper.  For each provide the following: 1. the definition of the term, 2 an example, 3 explanation AND what effect it has on the reader.

simile                                                          metaphor                                    personification

                            onomatopoeia                                          oxymoron           

hyperbole                                                alliteration                                          irony 

                            imagery

I now have a greater understanding or literary devices.

YES

NO

NOT SURE

Imagery

imagery makes use of particular words that create visual representation of ideas in our minds. The word “imagery” is associated with mental pictures. However, this idea is but partially correct.

Imagery 

Literary term used for language and description that appeals to our five senses.

Attempt to describe something so that it appeals to our sense of smell, sight, taste, touch, or hearing; he/she has used imagery.

The author creates images in the mind of the reader.

Examples of imagery 

Choose the correct sense

1. I could hear the popping and crackling as mom dropped the bacon into the frying pan, and soon the salty, greasy smell wafted toward me.

1. Auditory (sound)
2. Olfactory (smell)
3. Visual (sight)
4. Tactile (touch)

2. Glittering white, the blanket of snow covered everything in sight.

1. Auditory (sound)
2. Gustatory (taste)
3. Tactile (touch)
4. Visual (sight)

3. The candy melted in her mouth and swirls of bittersweet chocolate and slightly sweet but salty caramel blended together on her tongue.

1. Olfactory
2. Visual
3. Gustatory
4. Tactile

4. After the long run, he collapsed in the grass with tired and burning muscles. The grass tickled his skin and sweat cooled on his brow.

1. Tactile
2. Olfactory
3. Visual
4. Auditory