Literary Devices

1. Literary Devices Cornell Notes 10/15/12

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3. What are literary devices? • A literary device is something that an author intentionally includes in pieces of writing. • Also known as literary techniques or figurative language

4. mood/atmosphere • the feeling created in the reader by a literary work or passage • Example: • "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country.“ --John F. Kennedy • Supposed to make you feel empowered and good about your country.

5. alliteration • the repetition of initial consonant sounds • used to draw attention to certain words or idea • example: • She sells seashells by the seashore. • What consonant sound is repeated here?

6. rhyme • the repetition of sounds at the ends of words

7. endrhyme • the repetition of sounds at the ends of lines of poetry Roses are red Violets are blue I like rhyming, How about you?

8. internalrhyme • rhyming words within lines of poetry • used to make poetry flow better Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary

9. personification • a type of figurative language in which a nonhuman subject is given human characteristics • Example: The hair on his arms stood straight up when he was afraid.

10. metaphor • a figure of speech in which something is described as though it were something else. • Example: She was fairly certain that life was a fashion show.

11. imagery • words or phrases that appeal to one or more of the five senses • Writers use these details to help the reader to experience the writing.