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    This document discusses various literary devices used in writing. It defines similes, foreshadowing, rhyme scheme, repetition, oxymoron, and metaphors. Examples are provided for each device to illustrate how authors employ these structures to convey meaning and hints in stories.

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    LITERARY

    DEVICES
    LITERARY DEVICES
    • Are common structures used in writing.
    • Used to convey meaning.
    SIMILES
    • Are one of the most commonly used literary
    devices; referring to the practice of drawing
    parallels or comparisons between two or
    unrelated and dissimilar things, people, beings
    places, and concepts.
    • Similes are marked by the use of the words ‘as’
    or ‘such as’ or ‘like’
    Ex.
    • Ethan is as tall as giraffe.

    • His hair was spiky like the


    top of pineapple.
    FORESHADOWING
    • REFERS TO THE USE OF INDICATIVE
    WORDS/PHRASES AND HINTS THAT SET THE
    STAGE OF UNFOLD AND GIVE THE READER
    HINT OF SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO
    HAPPEN WITHOUT REVEALING THE STORY OR
    SPOILING THE SUSPENSE.
    • FORESHADOWING USED TO SUGGEST AN
    UPCOMING OUT COME OF THE STORY.
    Ex.

    • A character in a story comments on the


    weather, and says, "I think a storm is coming."
    This can signify a physical storm or a
    metaphorical storm that is coming in the story.
    • A pipe is going to burst, but before it does, the
    author writes a scene where the family notices a
    small dark spot on the ceiling, but ignores it.
    RHYME SCHEME
    •Is the practice of rhyming words placed at
    the end of the lines in prose or poetry.
    •Rhyme scheme refers to the order in
    which particular words rhyme.
    Ex.
    • I think I can never see
    Something as free as a sea.
    • Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
    How I wonder what you are.
    Up above the world so high,
    Like a diamond in the sky.
    • Roses are red
    Violets are blue
    Beautiful they all may be
    But I love you
    REPETITION
    •Is just the simple repetition of a word,
    within a sentence or poetical line, with no
    particular placement of the words. This is
    such a common literary device that it is
    almost never even noted as a figure of
    speech.
    Ex.

    • If you think you can do it, you can do it.

    • “O Captain! my Captain! rise up and


    hear the bells;
    Rise up — for you the flag is flung — for
    you the bugle trills…”
    OXYMORON
    • Is significant literary device as it allows the author to
    use contradictory, contrasting concepts placed
    together in a manner that actually ends up making
    sense in a strange, and slightly complex manner.
    • Is an interesting literary device because it helps to
    perceive a deeper level of truth and explore
    different layers of semantics while writing
    Ex.
    • We’re busy doing nothing.

    • a living death

    • sometimes you have to be cruel to be


    kind
    METAPHORS
    •A metaphor is a comparison of two
    different things, without "like" or "as."
    It makes a description more interesting
    or powerful.
    Ex.
    She is an angel.
    Her eyes were diamonds.
    He has a heart of stone.
    Activity:

    EACH GROUP WILL CONSTRUCT


    SENTENCES USING THE TYPES
    LITERARY DEVICES
    DIRECTION: IN A 1/4 SHEET OF PAPER. Identify the
    statement if it is SIMILES, FORESHADOWING, RYHME,
    REPETITION,OXYMORON OR METAPHORS. ANSWER
    ONLY.

    1. She sings like a bird.


    2. I felt a bitter sweet ending
    about the story.
    3. She has a heart of stone
    4. His eyes were as blue as the
    sky.
    5. The doctor is as kind-hearted
    as a wolf
    6. He is perfectly imperfect in his
    own ways.
    7. I love you for who are, I love you
    even if we are apart.
    8. It’s late in the evening
    She’s wondering’ what clothes to wear
    She puts on her make up
    And brushes her long blonde hair.
    9.You’re the one that I can’t wait
    to see
    With you here by my side I’m in
    ecstacy
    10. She had no idea what will
    happen when she comes close to
    that guy.
    ASSIGNMENT:

    1. How do we form the infinitives?


    2. Give 3 examples of it

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