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Lesson Summary:
Audio GED Prep Language Arts Lesson 1
Literary Devices
Literary devices are like the tools at an author’s disposal.
A simile is a comparison using the words “like” or “as”.
A metaphor is also a comparison, stronger than a simile that does not use “like” or “as”, but usually uses a form of the verb “to be”.
Descriptive language is when an author uses adjectives and adverbs to paint a vivid picture with specific details. An author needs to find a balance between using too much and too little description.
Alliteration is a device often used in poetry in which words have the same initial sound.
Allusion is when an author makes a reference to another work in order to create a desired effect.
Hyperbole is using exaggeration to make a point, such as saying that “I was so hungry I could eat a horse.”
Personification is when an author gives human attributes to an inanimate object, such as describing a fire as “running”.
An allegory is a story in which the characters, settings, or events have a deeper symbolic meaning such as George Orwell’s “Animal Farm”.
Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Europe
http://russiapedia.rt.com/basic-facts-about-russia/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asia
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