1. Literary Devices 4/30/2012

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

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

4. 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.

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

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

7. 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.”

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