literary devices. literal: figurative: symbolic: it is what you say it is it is not what you say it...

LITERARY DEVICES

LITERAL:

FIGURATIVE:

SYMBOLIC:

It is what you say it is

It is NOT what you say it is

It is what you say it is, plus more

3 TYPES OF LANGUAGE

FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

Compares 2 things using “like” or “as”

Compares 2 things NOT using “like” or “as”

An exaggeration

Giving human qualities to an object

SIMILE

METAPHOR

HYPERBOLE

PERSONIFICATION

FIGURATIVE LANGUAGEA culturally, well-known figurative phraseIDIOM:

He kicked the bucket.They were all ears.

The test was a piece of cake..

"Do you ever feel like a plastic bag, drifting through the wind..."~ Firework - Katy Perry

“Your love is a symphony . . . “ Switchfoot

"You shake my nerves and you rattle my brains"-- From "Great Balls of Fire" Jerry Lee Lewis

SYMBOLIC LANGUAGEALLEGORY

ALLUSION

when a whole story is symbolic

A purposeful reference to another person, place, event, book, song, etc.

"Ender Will Save Us All"Dashboard Confessional song title

They got their guns out aiming at meBut I become Neo when they're aiming at me. Nicki Minaj "Fly“ (feat. Rihanna)

OTHER LITERARY DEVICES

Irony:

Verbal = irony

The opposite of what is expected

sarcasm

writing that highlights human weaknesses or societal problems often using irony or humor.

OTHER LITERARY DEVICES

Interrupting the plot of a story to go back to past events..

hints of future events.

SATIRE

FLASHBACK

FORESHADOWING

OTHER LITERARY DEVICES

The language of a particular region or group of people.

DIALECT

THEME The overall point or main idea of a story/poem.