2. Objectives:
At the end of the lesson, you are expected
to:
• Identify the figures of speech and other
literary techniques in a text,
• Explain the use of language in literature
as well as the formal features and
conventions of literature, and
• Use different literary devices in your own
writing.
3. > are distinct structures used to add
meaning or create a more captivating story
or poem
Literary devices (or literary techniques)
5. SOUND DEVICES
used to reinforce the meaning of poetry.
Since poems are originally meant to be read
aloud, sound devices help you form visual
images and highlight the mood and tone of
poetry
can also be used in stories and novels for the
same reason as they are used in poetry
because as we read, we hear an inner voice in
our heads reading the text to us
6. Mood- feeling that the reader gets while
reading
Tone- feeling that the writer wants to convey
7. the repetition of similar sounds, either consonants
or vowels at the beginning of closely spaced words
Example:
“Suffering Stan stays in the sun to keep from having
to stutter.”
8. the repetition of similar sounds, either consonants
or vowels at the beginning of closely spaced words
Example:
“Suffering Stan stays in the sun to keep from having
to stutter.”
16. the use of jarring, unpleasant sounds, usually harsh
because the sounds do not go together; meant to
convey disorder and would sometimes be hard to
pronounce
Example:
“Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble
in the wabe; All mimsy were the borogoves
And the mome raths outgrabe”
Excerpt from “Jabberwocky” by Lewis
Carroll
17. the use of jarring, unpleasant sounds, usually harsh
because the sounds do not go together; meant to
convey disorder and would sometimes be hard to
pronounce
Example:
“Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble
in the wabe; All mimsy were the borogoves
And the mome raths outgrabe”
Excerpt from “Jabberwocky” by Lewis
Carroll
19. the use of devices such as alliteration, rhyme, and
assonance; meant to create a pleasant experience to the
ear;combination of melodious sound
Example:
“Than Oars divide the Ocean,
Too silver for a seam—
Or Butterflies, off Banks of Noon
Leap, plashless as they swim.”
Excerpt from “A Bird came down the Walk” by Emily
20. the use of devices such as alliteration, rhyme, and
assonance; meant to create a pleasant experience to the
ear
Example:
“Than Oars divide the Ocean,
Too silver for a seam—
Or Butterflies, off Banks of Noon
Leap, plashless as they swim.”
Excerpt from “A Bird came down the Walk” by Emily
21. the use of words that mimic the natural sound of what is
being described
Example:
buzz, meow, bark, hiss, squeak
I heard the buzzing of the bees and the hissing of the
snakes.
The door creaked when I opened it.
22. the repetition of words or phrases to form
rhythm or to emphasize an idea
Example:
“In every cry of every man,
In every infant’s cry of fear
In every voice, in every ban
The mind-forg’d manacles I hear”
Excerpt from “London” by William
23. the repetition of words or phrases to form
rhythm or to emphasize an idea
Example:
“In every cry of every man,
In every infant’s cry of fear
In every voice, in every ban
The mind-forg’d manacles I hear”
Excerpt from “London” by William
24. the repetition of identical (or similar) sounds
in two or more words, most often at the end of
lines in a poem
Types:
> Full rhymes
>Slant or half rhymes
>Near rhymes
>Sight rhymes
25. words that sound alike on both the consonant
and vowel sounds; all their syllables rhyme
Example:
beach, reach, teach
linger, finger
26. words that have the same final consonant
sounds but different initial consonants and
vowels
Example:
call, bowl, sell ,
back, wreck, tuck
27. words with the same final vowel sounds but
different final consonants
Example:
soil, coin, choice
crane, rake, tale
28. words or the end of words are usually spelled
the same but are pronounced differently
Example:
love, trove
bough, enough
call, appall
The alliteration in the sentence is evident not only in the repetition of the first letter of several words (s) but also the (t) sounds in the words Stan, stays, to, and stutter.
The alliteration in the sentence is evident not only in the repetition of the first letter of several words (s) but also the (t) sounds in the words Stan, stays, to, and stutter.
The alliteration in the sentence is evident not only in the repetition of the first letter of several words (s) but also the (t) sounds in the words Stan, stays, to, and stutter.
The long a sound is repeated in the words Faye, days, lazy, and wasteful.
The long a sound is repeated in the words Faye, days, lazy, and wasteful.
The long a sound is repeated in the words Faye, days, lazy, and wasteful.
The sh sound is repeated but different vowel sounds precede the end consonant in the words wash, leash, mush, Ash, and rash.
The sh sound is repeated but different vowel sounds precede the end consonant in the words wash, leash, mush, Ash, and rash.
The sh sound is repeated but different vowel sounds precede the end consonant in the words wash, leash, mush, Ash, and rash.
The italicized words do not have any meaning (their definitions were created by Carroll); however, their sounds are disordered to convey the message of chaos and disarray.
The italicized words do not have any meaning (their definitions were created by Carroll); however, their sounds are disordered to convey the message of chaos and disarray.
The italicized words do not have any meaning (their definitions were created by Carroll); however, their sounds are disordered to convey the message of chaos and disarray.
The verse above made use of rhyme (seam and swim) and alliteration (oar and ocean, silver and seam, butterflies and banks) to create a pleasant sound as it is being read.
The verse above made use of rhyme (seam and swim) and alliteration (oar and ocean, silver and seam, butterflies and banks) to create a pleasant sound as it is being read.
The examples can easily be identifiable as a bee, cat, dog, snake, and house because of the sound those animals are known for.
In the example above, the phrase “In every” is repeated for rhythm and emphasis.
In the example above, the phrase “In every” is repeated for rhythm and emphasis.
