Literary devices
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- Created on: 09-07-17 21:07
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- LITERARY DEVICES
- similies
- She had a smile like the sunrise
- Her smile seems bright and full of hope.
- She had a smile like the sunrise
- metaphors
- His home was his castle
- His home is presented as a secure and safe place to be.
- His home was his castle
- repetition
- Stephen tried and tried and tried to get the ball in the net
- The repetition emphasises Stephen’s desperation at his failed attempts.
- Stephen tried and tried and tried to get the ball in the net
- personification
- The wind screamed through the trees
- The wind is given the human characteristic of ‘screaming’. This creates an uneasy atmosphere.
- pathetic fallacy
- The clouds crowded together suspiciously overhead as the sky darkened
- The emotion of the situation comes across through the description of the weather.
- The clouds crowded together suspiciously overhead as the sky darkened
- The wind screamed through the trees
- listing
- The choir, the altar, the old wooden pews, the heavy door
- A clear sense of the church is conveyed by listing the features of the inside.
- The choir, the altar, the old wooden pews, the heavy door
- alliteration
- The suffocating steam filled the room
- The repetition of the ‘s’ sound adds to the discomfort of the room.
- The suffocating steam filled the room
- onomatopoeia
- Howling, the cat ran through the house
- We get a sense of the cat’s terror from the sound of the word ‘howling’
- Howling, the cat ran through the house
- similies
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