Learning Fun with Valentine s Day Literary Devices Learn and practice terms and definitions and identify and write your own literary devices with a Valentine s Day theme. Imagery Personification By Katie s Homeschool Cottage https://katieshomeschoolcottage.com
Literary Devices Terms with the Definitions Literary devices are used by a writer to help the reader see, feel, hear, and experience what the writer is writing about through the use of certain types of words and phrases. Below are some common types of literary devices used by writers. imagery The use of words to create a picture for the reader with explicit details and using the five senses to allow the reader to experience what the author is portraying in the story. simile A comparison between two different objects using like or as. metaphor A comparison between two different objects NOT using like or as. The metaphor actually says one thing IS another thing. personification Giving a non-human thing the characteristics of a human thing or the ability to perform a human action. alliteration When words around one another have the same sound repeated for effect and to create a mood. hyperbole An exaggerated statement to make an impact and have effect.
Literary Devices Terms Fill in the Definitions imagery simile metaphor personification alliteration hyperbole
Examples of Literary Devices Imagery Imagery uses words that are specific details about what the reader sees, hears, feels, tastes, or smells as the writer describes a scene. It allows the reader to envision and experience what is happening as the writer describes it. This description of love from My Many Colored Days by Dr. Seuss uses imagery to describe in detail what love is like using feeling and the sense of sight to help the reader imagine love. Love is the intense heat Of the sun warming (sense of feeling) Up your heart, Making your eyes Sparkle like diamonds (sense of sight) On a ring. Simile A simile is a comparison between two different unalike objects using either the word like or as in the comparison. For example: Making your eyes sparkle like diamonds on a ring. (Eyes are being compared to diamonds using like in the comparison.) My love is like a red, red rose. (Burns) (My love is being compared to a rose using like in the comparison.) Your love is as sweet as honey. (Your love is being compared to honey using as in the comparison.)
Metaphor A metaphor is a comparison between two different objects NOT using like or as. The metaphor actually says one thing IS another thing. For example: Love is a tree with branches. (Love is being compared to a tree with branches, but saying love is a tree.) Love is the intense heat of the sun warming up your heart. (Love is being compared to the heat of the sun, but saying love is the intense heat.) Love is merely a madness. (Shakespeare) (Love is being compared to madness, but saying love is a madness.) Love is flower-like. (Coleridge) (Love is being compared to a flower, but saying love is flower-like.
Personification Personification is giving a non-human thing the characteristics of a human thing or the ability to perform a human action. For example: My heart jumped with joy when I saw you. (My heart is being given the human ability to jump and to be able to feel the emotion, joy.) Love blossomed on Valentine s Day. (Love is being given the ability to blossom or grow as if it is a living thing.) The roses stood straight up in the vase. (Roses are being given the human ability of standing.) Alliteration Alliteration is when the writer uses words close to one another that have the same sound in them and is repeated for effect and to create a mood. For example: The red roses rested in the woman s arms. (The alliteration is the r.) As his heavy heart heaved with sorrow, he walked on. (The alliteration is the h sound.) She was loopy with love when she read her Valentine s Day cards. (The alliteration is the l sound.) Hyperbole A hyperbole is an exaggerated statement to make an impact and have effect on the reader. When he received a Valentine s card, he was ready to leap to the sky. Her heart felt like it was going to explode when she received some roses. There must have been a hundred roses in the box.
Now Write Your Own Literary Devices Simile My heart is as red as a. Love is like. You re as sweet as. The valentine was like a. We go together like. Metaphor My heart was a as it beat in my chest when I saw you. Love is. The roses were in the field. Love is a.
Personification The roses. My heart. Love. Alliteration Write some sentences about Valentine s Day that use words with the same sounds. 1. 2. 3. 4. Hyperbole Write some sentences that use exaggerations to describe some Valentine s Day sights, sounds, scents, or feelings. 1. 2. 3.
Possible Answers to Write Your Own Literary Devices Simile My heart is as red as a fire truck. Love is like cuddling under a warm blanket. You re as sweet as honey. The valentine was like a warm hug. We go together like peanut butter and jelly. Metaphor My heart was a bass drum as it beat in my chest when I saw you. Love is a cup of hot chocolate on a warm day. The roses were soldiers standing in the field. Love is a big hug after a bad day.
Personification The roses danced in the field when the wind blew. My heart leaped into my throat. Love grows as you spread it around.