Humorous five line poem with a rhyme scheme aabba . Lyric: Poetry expressing subjective or personal point of view . Novel: Fictitious, long, prose narrative of book length . Novella: A short novel or a long short story .
Ode: A type of lyrical stanza elaborately structured poem praising an event, individual, describing nature intellectually and emotionally . Romance: Literature that aims to evoke strong emotions in the audience . Satire : Use of humorous irony, exaggeration or ridicule to expose famous personalities . Sonnet: Fourteen line poem - using any number of rhyme schemes (that originated in Italy).
In English it is ten syllables per line . Short story: A story with a well developed theme, much shorter and less elaborate than a novel . Villanelle: Nineteen line pastoral lyrical poem, with only two rhymes throughout and some lines repeated Literary Devices are techniques the writers use to produce the desired special effect in their writing. Enlisted here are a few figurative language devices used in literature with examples .
Connotation: the feelings and associations suggested by a word Eg. Mr. Scrooge became thrifty but not cheap. .
Hyperbole: an exaggeration of something Eg. He was hungry enough to eat a horse. . Imagery: the creation of images using words; word pictures Eg.
Footprints on the sands of time. . Irony: a difference or contrast Eg. Brutus is an honourable man.
12th Communicative English Book.indb Page Celebrations of Expressions . Oxymoron: a phrase consisting of contradictory terms Eg. Parting is such sweet sorrow. .
Paradox: a statement that at first appears contradictory, but which on closer examination contains truth Eg. Longest short cut Task With the help of the teacher, identify the various literary devices and spark up your creativity. . “Well now, one winter it was so cold that all the geese flew backward and all the fish moved south and even the snow turned blue.
Late at night, it got so frigid that all spoken words froze solid afore they could be heard. People had to wait until sunup to find out what folks were