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Style Devices (6th Grade)
1)figurative language: language that does not mean exactly what it says; it’s not literal; it has a deeper meaning
2)idiom: phrase or saying that is an old common expression and is not literal
[I’m tickled pink! You’re pulling my leg!]
3) simile: comparing two unlike things using “like,” “as,” or “than”
[Fame is like a bee…it will sting you if you’re not careful.]
4) oxymoron: an expression that is contradictory but works for effect
[bittersweet, long short story]
5) metaphor: comparing two unlike things NOT using “like,” “as,” or “than”
[My love is a rose…delicate at times and protective at others.]
6) onomatopoeia: when words are spelled the way they sound
[buzz; meow; slam; crunch; growl]
7) personification: giving human characteristics to an object, idea, or animal
[The darkness wrapped its arms around me.]
8) imagery: language that appeals to the senses (creates word pictures)
9) symbol: when one thing represents something larger than itself
[a dove is a symbol of peace]
10) hyperbole: an exaggeration or overstatement
[He jumped so high that I thought he’d have cloud residue on his nose when he landed.]
11) alliteration: repetition of a sound at the beginning of words
[The loose kite falls fluttering.]
12) word choice: choosing words that are creative and imaginative instead of cliché
[prodigious instead of big; sublime instead of beautiful; stomped instead of walked;
swayed instead of moved]
13) allusion: a reference to literature, history, current events, religion, or mythology
[I was surprised his nose was not growing like Pinocchio's; You’re a regular Einstein.]
14) pun: pun: play on words
[A boiled egg every morning is hard to beat; “Ask for me tomorrow, you shall find me a grave man.” –Mercutio, who has been stabbed and is dying]
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