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Literary Devices
Cornell Notes10/15/12
question or key point
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• Information and notes go here
What are literary
devices?
• A literary device is something that an author intentionally includes in pieces of writing.
• Also known as literary techniques or figurative language
mood/atmosphere
• the feeling created in the reader by a literary work or passage
• Example: – "Ask not what your country can
do for you. Ask what you can do for your country.“
--John F. Kennedy
– Supposed to make you feel empowered and good about your country.
alliteration
• the repetition of initial consonant sounds
• used to draw attention to certain words or idea
• example: – She sells seashells by the
seashore. – What consonant sound is
repeated here?
rhyme
• the repetition of sounds at the ends of words
endrhyme
• the repetition of sounds at the ends of lines of poetry
Roses are redViolets are blueI like rhyming, How about you?
internalrhyme
• rhyming words within lines of poetry
• used to make poetry flow better
Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary
personification
• a type of figurative language in which a nonhuman subject is given human characteristics
• Example: The hair on his arms stood straight up when he was afraid.
metaphor
• a figure of speech in which something is described as though it were something else.
• Example: She was fairly certain that life was a fashion show.
imagery
• words or phrases that appeal to one or more of the five senses
• Writers use these details to help the reader to experience the writing.
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