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Beowulf

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

LITERARY DEVICES

BY SAMANTHA AUER, CLAIRE GOLDHAWK, ALI TURNER, LAUREN REGAN, INGE DRAKE, DANIEL RICHARDSON
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SIMILE

"QUICKLY THE FOE MOVED ACROSS THE WELL-MADE FLOOR, IN AN ANGRY MOOD-A HORILE LIGHT, LIKE FIRE IN HIS EYES." (4)
Photo by TschiAe

THIS USES THE WORD LIKE TO DESCRIBE HIS EYES

A FIGURE OF SPEECH THAT COMPARES TWO THINGS BY USING "LIKE" OR "AS."
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IMAGERY

"THE WATER BOILED WITH BLOOD AND HOT GORE AS THE MEN WATCHED" (EPISODE 7).
Photo by Sean Rogers1

THE LANGUAGE AN AUTHOR USES TO SHOW A VISUAL PICTURE OR REPRESENT ANY SENSORY EXPERIENCE.

KENNING

BATTLE-SWEAT =BLOOD
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AN EMBELLISHED FIGURATIVE PHRASE USED IN PLACE OF SIMPLER TERM

ALLITERATION

ALLITERATION QUOTE: "POETS SANG SAD SONGS" (1)

THE REPETITION OF SOUNDS, PARTICULARLY CONSONANT SOUNDS, IN A SEQUENCE OF WORDS.

THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF ALLITERATION BECAUSE OF THE S SOUNDS.

METAPHOR

"THE SWORD, BECAUSE OF THE BLOOD, BEGAN TO FADE - A BATTLE ICICLE"
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A FIGURE OF SPEECH ASSOCIATING TWO THINGS OR THE REPRESENTATION OF ONE THING BY ANOTHER.

THIS IS A METAPHOR BECAUSE THE SWORD REPRESENTS AN ICICLE.