Transcript Figurative & Stylistic Devices

Figurative &
Stylistic Devices
What are they and how do
we use them?
Figurative - Stylistic
 Figurative
- Used for descriptive effective,
often to imply ideas indirectly
 Stylistic
– how language is used
Simile
 Figure
of Speech that compares unlike
things using comparative words (“like” or
“as”)
 Example
– Her voice was like nails on a
chalkboard
Metaphor
 Figure
of Speech that compares unlike
things without using comparative words
(“like” or “as”)
 Example
– Life is a bowl of cherries.
Oxymoron
 Uses
a combination of seemingly
contradictory words
 Example
– Same difference, Pretty ugly
Paradox
 Statement
that seems to be selfcontradictory, but reveals a kind of truth
 Example
– There is a method to my
madness.
Personification
 An
animal, object, force of nature, or idea
is given human qualities or characteristics
 Example:
clouds.
Tears began to fall from the dark
Hyperbole
 Exaggeration
 Example
horse
or overstatement
– I am so hungry I could eat a
Symbol
 Person,
place, thing or event that has
meaning in itself, but also stands for
something else
 Example
– Bald Eagle represents the
United States
Alliteration
 Repetition
of sounds, most often
consonant sounds at the beginning of a
word.
 Example
– Peter Piper picked a peck of
pickled peppers.
Onomatopoeia
 Use
of a word whose sound imitates or
suggests its meaning
 Example
- buzz
Allusion
 Reference
to someone or something that
is common knowledge
 Example
– The man walked on water. It is
an allusion to Jesus Christ, who walked on
water.
Mood
 The
feeling created in the reader by a
literary work.
 Writers
use many devices to create mood,
such as imagery, dialogue, setting and
plot.
 Mood
may stay the same throughout a
work or may change multiple times.
Tone

Reflection of writer’s or speaker’s attitude
toward a literary work

May be communicated through words and
details that express particular emotions and
that evoke an emotional response from the
reader.

Example – word choice and phrasing may
seem to convey respect, anger,
lightheartedness, or sarcasm
Imagery
 Words
or phrases that appeal to one or
more of the five senses.
 Writers
use this to describe how their
subjects look, sound, feel, taste and smell