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    University Cheikh Amoud Ben Mokhtar

    _ILLIZI
    FACULTY OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES
    Department of English

    Level: L1
    Lecturer: Dr Hamel.F
     A literary device is a tool used by writers to produce
    a larger themes, ideas, and meaning in a story, a
    poem or piece of writing. There are many styles of
    literary devices, each serving a different purpose.
     Figurative Speech: a form of expression used to
    covey the meaning of a given literary text by
    comparing or identifying one thing with another. It
    makes the sense of the sentence deeper and leaves the
    reader with a sense of wonder.

     Structure: is a literary device that turns words and


    sentences into a story. It controls the major elements of
    a story.
     Simile Irony
     Metaphor Paradox
     Personification Pun
     Metonymy

     Onomatopoeia

     Refrain

     Apostrophe

     Hyperbole
     A simile is a comparision between two things using
    «like » or « as ». In a simile we have Tenor, Vehicle,
    Instrument and aspect of similarity.
     E.g.,
     She is beautiful like a rose.
     She walked like a deer in the road.
     You are as brave as a lion
     Metaphor is a comparison between two things that
    are otherwise unrelated.

     E.g.,
     “The Stars are dancing”
     “You are my sun”
     “ All the world is a stage and all men and women
    merely players” W. Shakespear.
     Personification is a technique of figurative language
    that gives non-human subjects with human
    characteristics.
     E.g.,

     The story jumped off the page.

     “And this same flower that smiles today. Tomorrow


    will be dying”. Robert Herrick
     Is a figure of speech that replaces the name of a thing
    with the name of something else which is closely
    associated.

     E.g.,
     Lend me your ears
     The White House declared ….
     We will swear loyalty to the crown
     My dear, you have all of my heart
    Is a type of word that sounds like
    what it describes.

     E.g.,

     The hiss of a snake


     “ She was alone at home and suddenly heard knock,
    knock. who is there?

     In poetry, a refrain is a word, line or phrase that is
    repeated within the lines or stanzas of the poem
    itself.
     As a literary device, apostrophe refers to a speech or
    talk to a person who is not present or to a
    personified object.

     E.g.,

     “O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?”


     W. Shakespeare
     “Death be not proud” John Donne
     a way of speaking or writing that makes someone or
    something sound much bigger, better, smaller, worse,
    more unusual, etc. exaggerated way of describing
    something.

     E.g.,
     She cries rivers of tears.
     I’m dying to know the answer.
     Irony is the use of words that mean the opposite of
    what you really think.

     E.g.,

     “If it were a cold, rainy gray day, you might say,


    What a beautiful day!”
     A pilot has fears of heights.
     The police station get robbed.
     Is a situation or statement that seems impossible or is
    difficult to understand because it contains two opposite
    facts or characteristics.

     E.g.,
     "Men work together whether they work together or
    apart." - Robert Frost.
     If I know one thing, it's that I know nothing.
     This is the beginning of the end.
     An amuse way to use a word or phrase that has several
    meanings or that sounds like another word. The author
    of a pun uses language in a novel, surprising, and often
    humorous way.

     E.g.,
     “Denial ain’t just a river in Egypt.” —Mark Twain
    (Instead of The Nile)
     “Ask for me tomorrow, and you shall find me a grave
    man” W. Shakespeare

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