Task 7

NOTES LITERARY DEVICES. 

The terms, roles of literary devices and imagery. 

~Use a little figurative language to add interest to your story.

  *Simile.
  *Metaphor.
  *Alliteration.  
  *Onomatopoeia.
  *Hyperbole.
  *Personification.

Simile:

~Comparison between two unlike things that have something in common using 

  like or as.

~Examples:-

  *It's been a hard day's night and I've been working like a dog. - The Beatles.
  *My heart is like an open highway. - Jon Bon Jovi.

  *as hungry as a bear.
  *as nutty as a fruitcake.
  *as quick as lightning.

Metaphor:

~Comparison between two unlike things that have something in common 

  without using like or as.
 
~Examples:-
  *Patty was a raging tiger when she lost her lunch money.
  *During the night the forest was a dark, frightening battlefield.

Alliteration:
 
~Repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring 
 words or syllables.
 

~Examples:-
  *down in the dumps.
  *do or die.
  *right as rain.
  *sink or swim.
  *pay the price.
  *back to the basics.
  *green as grass.
  *live the life.

Onomatopoeia:

~The imitation of natural sounds in word form. These words help us form 

  mental pictures about the things, people, or places that are described.

~Examples:-

  *buzz.

  *hiss.

  *roar.

  *woof.

  *bang.

  *pop.

  *sizzle.

Hyperbole:

~A hyperbole is a figure of speech in which an overstatement or exaggeration occurs. Often used in poetry or in casual speech, hyperboles are usually used to create emphasis or effect.

~Ex: The bag weighs a ton. 

Personification:

~Personification is a figure of speech where something nonhuman is given the characteristics of a human.

~Ex: *The camera loves me.

       *The flowers begged for water.