1. LITERARY DEVICES

2. 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

3. 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

4. FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE A culturally, well-known figurative phrase IDIOM: He kicked the bucket. They were all ears. The test was a piece of cake..

5. "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

6. SYMBOLIC LANGUAGE ALLEGORY ALLUSION when a whole story is symbolic A purposeful reference to another person, place, event, book, song, etc.

7. "Ender Will Save Us All" Dashboard Confessional song title They got their guns out aiming at me But I become Neo when they're aiming at me. Nicki Minaj "Fly“ (feat. Rihanna)

8. OTHER LITERARY DEVICES Irony: Verbal = irony The opposite of what is expected sarcasm

9. 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

10. 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.