Literary Devices 4/30/2012. Tone  Author’s attitude toward a subject  Positive: hopeful, enthusiastic, sympathetic, humorous  Negative: insulting,

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Literary Devices 4/30/2012

Tone  Author’s attitude toward a subject  Positive: hopeful, enthusiastic, sympathetic, humorous  Negative: insulting, condescending, desperate, scornful  Neutral: reflective, sincere, shocking, inquisitive

Simile  Comparing two things using “like” or “as”  Ex: “Janie saw her life like a great tree in leaf with the things suffered…”

Metaphor  Comparing two things  Ex: “Put me down easy, Janie. I’m a cracked plate.”  Ex: Her love bloomed with the changing of the seasons.

Personification  Giving human-like qualities to non-human objects  Ex: “…the panting breath of the breeze…”

Hyperbole  Extreme exaggeration  Ex: I’m starving to death.

Imagery  Descriptive language appealing to the five senses (sight, sound, taste, touch, smell)  Ex: “The porch was boiling now.”  Ex: “She was a wind on the ocean.”

Symbols  When something represents an idea or person  Ex: A red cross represents medical aid.