Lecture 2.4.1 – Literary Devices – Part 1

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Lecture Overview

Teacher refreshes knowledge of four common figures of speech also known as Literary Devices.

State that these are tools that allow us to read more deeply, to know the attitude of the poet and to uncover the theme – the bigger context and meaning. Analysis begins and ends with knowing literary devices – what they look like and what they reveal.

This lecture looks at four common devices. This lecture will be followed with an activity in which students will locate them in the poem “Problem Child”

Similes (like/as) their purpose is to expand the meaning often to visualize.

Metaphors make direct connections often with some form of the verb to be but not always – look for A=B type of relationship. Metaphors suggest deep relationships between ideas/objects/behaviours that normally don’t go together.

Imagery consists of words that draw on five senses – seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting and touching.

This is a new one for many students and is often disregarded 

Assonance. This figure of speech / literary device is like an alliteration and often includes alliteration. It occurs with two similar sounding words containing vowels (a, e, i, o, u) beside each other . Instead of  words beginning with the same letter such as silent song which is ALLITERATION , ASSONANCE arises from the use of two or more vowels (e.g. cold mold), or from the use of identical consonants with different vowels (e.g. killed culled):

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