Literary DevicesSHORT STORY UNIT MODULE 1:

“THE BANANA TREE”

Do Now: Copy down these terms.

Then define them if you can.

Imagery

Simile

Metaphor

Onomatopoeia

Dialect

Asyndeton

Polysyndeton

Allusion

Hyperbole

personification

imagery

The giant tree was ablaze with the orange, red, and yellow leaves that were beginning to make their decent to the ground.

Using the five senses or literary devices to

create vivid pictures in the reader’s mind.

Any device (like simile or metaphor) that

paints a picture in your mind is imagery.

simile

My books are as heavy as bricks.

A direct comparison between two unlike

things using like or as.

metaphor

She is a firecracker.

A comparison between two unlike things

without like or as.

onomatopoeia

BOOM! Whoosh.

A sound device; when a word

resembles the sound it means.

dialect

Howdy, y’all!

The expressions, words, and phrases

used in a particular region.

asyndeton

My heart, my soul, my life are

yours.

Not using conjunctions when you have a list of words or phrases. This makes the sentence more powerful.

"We use words like honor, code, loyalty. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent defending something. You use them as a punch line." -- delivered by Jack Nicholson (from the movie A Few Good Men)

http://www.americanrhetoric.com/figures/asyndeton.htm

polysyndeton

For homework tonight, I have math

and science and social studies and

English and Spanish and music!

Overusing conjunctions when you have a list of words or phrases. Used for emphasis.

"It's [football] a way of life, really, to those particular people who are a part of it. It's more than a game, and regardless of what level it's played upon, it still demands those attributes of courage and stamina and coordinated efficiency and goes even beyond that for [it] is a means -- it provides a mental and physical relaxation to everybody that watches it, like yourself." -- Vince Lombardi

http://www.americanrhetoric.com/figures/polysyndeton.htm

allusion

Calling a young couple, Romeo

and Juliet

A text to world, history, or literature

connection.

"Iran and ISIS are competing for the crown of militant Islam. Both want to

impose a militant Islamic empire first on the region and then on the entire

world. They just disagree among themselves who will be the ruler of that

empire. In this deadly game of thrones, there’s no place for America or for

Israel.- Benjamin Netanyahu, Third Joint Session of Congress Address

http://www.americanrhetoric.com/figures/allusion.htm

hyperbole

My book bag weighs three tons.

Exaggeration .

"So first of all, let me assert my firm belief that the

only thing we have to fear is fear itself." -- Franklin

Delano Roosevelt, First Inaugural Address

http://www.americanrhetoric.com/figures/hyper

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personification

The tree danced in the wind.

Giving human qualities to nonliving

things or to animals