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1. ENG 10 Literary Devices

2. 01 The students should be able to understand the usage of literary devices in literature. 02 The students should be able to apply and use literary devices. 03 Lesson Objectives The students should be able to identify and explain the main components of literary devices.

3. Lesson Contents Introduction Activity Number 1 Lesson Proper (Discussion on Literary Devices) Activity Number 2 Weekly Test 1

4. INTRODUCTION A literary device is a tool used by writers to hint at larger themes, ideas, and meaning in a story or piece of writing. There are many styles of literary devices, each serving a different purpose. Some operate at the sentence level, while others serve the piece of writing as a whole. Writers often use multiple literary devices in tandem to express thoughts and ideas.

5. These are plays on words and should not be taken literally. Literary devices help shorten wordy ideas and state an idea in a less obvious manner. The use of literary devices in any writing shows comparison, mimic sounds, patterns, and imagination.

6. Activity Number 1 Compare yourself to anything (Living or Nonliving). Write down your comparison and explain why you have chosen to compare yourself to it.

7. LITERARY DEVICES SIMILE - a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid. Simile is an indirect comparison with the use of “than”, “like”, or “as”.

8. SIMILE EXAMPLES “ You are as brave as a lion .” “My mother is tough like a bear .” “ He is as cold as ice .” “ Andy is nocturnal like an owl .” “ Her voice is cracked like a rolling drum .” “The thief is as fast as a cheetah .” “The pants fit like a glove .”

9. LITERARY DEVICES METAPHOR - a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them. Metaphors are direct comparison without the use of ‘as’ or ‘like’.

10. METAPHOR EXAMPLES “He is a night owl.” “My mother has a heart of gold.” “You are my life.” “He is the chicken in the class.” “That boy is a couch potato.” “You are an open book.” “The captain barked orders at the soldiers.”

11. LITERARY DEVICES IMAGERY - is a literary device used in poetry, novels, and other writing that uses vivid description that appeals to a readers’ senses to create an image or idea in their head. Imagery can improve a reader’s experience of the text by immersing them more deeply by appealing to their senses.

12. TYPES OF IMAGERY SIGHT IMAGERY - “It was pitch black but the stars lit up the night sky.” SOUND IMAGERY - “The waves gently crashed along the shoreline.” TOUCH IMAGERY - “The soft fur of the kitten brushed against my skin.”

13. TYPES OF IMAGERY TASTE IMAGERY - “The spicy kick of the chili burned my tongue and throat, but I couldn't stop savoring its fiery heat.” SMELL IMAGERY - “The aroma of freshly brewed coffee in the morning wakes me up.”

14. LITERARY DEVICES SYMBOLISM - is a literary device in which a writer uses one thing—usually a physical object or phenomenon—to represent something more abstract. Symbolisms can represent culture, beliefs, religion, and others.

15. LITERARY DEVICES Symbolism uses symbols which can be words, people, marks, locations, or abstract ideas to represent something beyond the literal meaning.

16. SYMBOLISM EXAMPLES “He raised the white cloth on a piece of stick.” “Her dark intentions were revealed.” “He used to be the Hercules of the class.” “She saw a black cat and immediately returned home.”

17. LITERARY DEVICES PERSONFICATION - the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.

18. PERSONIFICATION EXAMPLES “The camera loves her since she is so pretty.” “My flowers were begging for water.” “The fire swallowed the entire forest.” “My alarm clock yells at me to get out of bed every morning.”

19. LITERARY DEVICES ONOMATOPOEIA - The naming of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the sound associated with it (such as buzz, hiss). Buzz of the bee, Hiss of the snake, Chirp of the bird.

20. LITERARY DEVICES HYPERBOLE - is a figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for emphasis or effect. Hyperbole is using exaggeration to add more power to what you're saying, often to an unrealistic or unlikely degree.

21. HYPERBOLE EXAMPLES I cried river of tears. I have been waiting for you for over a century. I had a ton of homework. You're walking slower than a snail. He's as skinny as a toothpick.

22. LITERARY DEVICES IDIOM - is a phrase or expression that largely or exclusively carries a figurative or non-literal meaning, rather than making any literal sense. Idioms are phrases that express concepts in figurative language.

23. IDIOM EXAMPLES It was a piece of cake. (It was easy.) Don’t let the cat out of the bag. (Don’t tell this secret.) Did I miss the boat? (Is it too late?) Costs an arm and a leg. (Very expensive) Bite the bullet. (Face a difficult situation)

24. LITERARY DEVICES OXYMORON - is a rhetorical device that uses two opposite or contradictory terms one after the other in order to project an effect. A word or group of words that is self-contradicting.

25. OXYMORON EXAMPLES The watch is a genuine fake. In my unbiased opinion. It was a deafening silence. She was seriously funny. Original copy. Exact estimate. Controlled chaos.

26. LITERARY DEVICES ALLUSION - is when a famous person, place, literary work, or event is implied or indirectly referenced. The three most common types of allusion are Biblical, historical, and literary.

27. ALLUSION EXAMPLES To my dog, our neighborhood park is the Garden of Eden. Burger and chocolate shake is my kryptonite . Well, I’m no Hercules , but I could open that jelly jar for you. I’ll be your Romeo if you’ll be my Juliet .

28. LITERARY DEVICES SYNECDOCHE - is a type of figurative language in which a part of something is used to represent a whole (or vice-versa).

29. SYNECDOCHE EXAMPLES Jack got some new wheels! Do a quick headcount and see who's missing. I need an extra pair of hands. Lend me your ears. Hungry mouths to feed.

30. LITERARY DEVICES LITOTES - is understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary. Litotes is a phrase that uses negation to create an affirmative understatement .

31. LITOTES EXAMPLES Not a bad singer. Not unhappy. I cannot disagree with your point. Her decision is not the worst. His cooking is not terrible. That lesson is not hard.

32. LITERARY DEVICES EUPHIMISM - is an appropriate expression used in the place of a phrase or words that may be found inappropriate or offensive. Euphemism is a word or phrase that softens an uncomfortable topic .

33. EUPHEMISM EXAMPLES Correctional Facility Collateral Damage Economically challenged P assed away Differently-abled On-the-streets Let one go / Lay off