English Literary Devices (Grade 6+)
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Learn definitions and explanations of common English literary devices and figurative language techniques for school students.
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- Simile
- A comparison using like or as to make descriptions of something
- metaphor
- a direct comparison between two things by saying one is the other
- alliteration
- repetition of the same letter and sound at the beginning of words example=sibilance(s or sh sounds)
- personification
- giving human qualities or emotions to non-human things or objects
- semantic field
- a group of words linked by meaning or theme
- hyperbole
- deliberate exaggeration for effect
- oxymoron
- two opposite or contradictory words placed together
- sensory imagery
- language that appeals to the five senses
- pathetic fallacy
- when weather or nature reflects human emotions or events
- emotive language
- words chosen to evoke emotion in the reader
- repetition
- the deliberate reuse of the same word, phrase or structure
- cyclical structure
- when a text ends in a similar way to how it began(same idea, image,setting, or line
- ellipses
- three dots to show something left unsaid or unfinished thought
- forshadowing
- hinting at a future event
- iterative imagery
- using same type of picture, symbol, or comparison over and over again (fancier word for repetition)
- figurative language
- using words or phrases that do not mean exactly what they say (fancier word for metaphor)
- symbolism
- using objects, colours or actions to represent larger/ bigger picture