Literary Wizards Literary Terms Literary terms are specific
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Literary Wizards
Literary Terms Literary terms are specific language techniques which writers use to create text that is clear, interesting, and memorable. As Literary Wizards (or even just Literature students) we have to be able to recognise them in other peoples’ work and what purpose they serve there. We also have to be able to harness their power for ourselves.
Some examples… Alliteration Onomatopaeia Analogy Personification Assonance Repetition Imagery Simile Metaphor Can we think of any others?
Alliteration: She sells sea shells by the sea shore. The repetition of initial consonant sounds. Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
Analogy: An analogy is an agreement or similarity in some particulars between things otherwise different. Updating the software was like changing an engine on a 767 jet at 37, 000 feet. We were changing one of the engines and needed to ensure that the plane kept running and didn’t fly around in circles. What is comparison being made between? What is the suggestion?
Assonance: Assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds. The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plains. …a proud round cloud…
A tall frosted glass of lemonade. Imagery: The pink sweetness of the water melon. Words or phrases that appeal to any sense or any combination of senses. The use of imagery should help evoke a picture in the reader’s mind. The rain glistened softly on the foot path.
Metaphor: A comparison between two objects with the intent of giving clearer meaning to one of them.
Simile: The world is like a stage. He eats like a pig! A comparison between two objects using a specific word or comparison such as "like", "as", or "than”. Poor as dirt. Your eyes are like sunshine.
Do not get metaphors and similes confused!
Onomatopoeia: The use of words which imitate sound. The wind whistled through the trees. The birds twittered in the trees.
Personification: The attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something non-human.
Repetition: The act of repeating something that has already been said or written. Repetition is often used to created emphasis or highlight a particular idea or phrase within writing.
Squeaky Beach The soft silky sand seemed to shimmer beneath the subdued sunlight that shone down upon it. It sank slowly beneath my feet as I stepped from the well- trodden path and headed for the deep blue gash the ocean cut across the horizon. The sand spilled across my toes, the rough cut of the grains rubbing together and causing a soft squeak, squeak as I walked.
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