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Literary Devices

Published on Nov 29, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

SIMILE

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DEFENITION

  • Comparing 2 things using like or as
  • Kenna is as cool as a cucumber!
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IMAGERY

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DEFINITION

  • Paint pictures in readers minds
  • The horses brown silky fur shined in the light

ALLITERATION

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DEFINITION

  • A tongue twister
  • Six seashells on the seashore

ONOMATOPOEIA

DEFINITION

  • Sounds of objects
  • The frogs croaked CROAK!CROAK!CROAK!
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PERSONIFICATION

DEFINITION

  • Giving non-living objects living featues
  • The nut did ballet on the horse

IDIOM

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METAPHOR

DEFINITION

  • A saying whose meaning can't be understood from the individual words in it
  • Happy go lucky
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DEFINITION

  • A comparison of two things without using connecting words
  • Mrs.Davis is a cheetah