Poetry Literary Devices by Victoria McDonald

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Poetry Literary Devices

Published on Nov 24, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

Personification
Literary device where human qualities are given to things that are non-human

"The sun smiled on the day"

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Metaphor
Literary device used to compare two unlike things. Can be indirect or direct.
"My husband is the sun."

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Simile
Literary device used to compare two unlike things using "like" or "as."
"Her sadness was like a tree with no branches or a piano with no keys."

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Victoria McDonald