1. Short Story Unit Module 1: “The Banana Tree”
Literary Devices
Short Story Unit Module 1:
“The Banana Tree”

2. Do Now: Copy down these terms. Then define them if you can.
Simile
Metaphor
Onomatopoeia
Dialect
Asyndeton
Polysyndeton
Allusion
Hyperbole
personification

3. onomatopoeia BOOM! Whoosh.
A sound device; when a word resembles the sound it means.
BOOM! Whoosh.

4. simile A direct comparison between two unlike things using like or as.
My books are as heavy as bricks.

5. metaphor A comparison between two unlike things without like or as.
She is a firecracker.

6. dialect
The expressions, words, and phrases used in a particular region.
Howdy, y’all!

7. asyndeton
Not using conjunctions when you have a list of words or phrases. This makes the sentence more powerful.
My heart, my soul, my life are yours.

8. polysyndeton
Overusing conjunctions when you have a list of words or phrases. Used for emphasis.
For homework tonight, I have math and science and social studies and English and Spanish and music!

9. allusion A text to world, history, or literature connection.
Calling a young couple, Romeo and Juliet

10. hyperbole
Exaggeration .
My book bag weighs three tons.

11. personification
Giving human qualities to nonliving things or to animals
The tree danced in the wind.