Literary Devices in "All Summer in a Day"
By Elena Serio
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15 Questions
Literary Devices
Metaphor - A metaphor is a comparison that states that one thing is another thing
- “She was an old photograph dusted from an album., whited away….”
Simile - A comparison using “like” or “as.”
- “...the blood smells like cotton candy at the fair.”
Repetition - Using the same word or phrase multiple times for emphasis.
- “All ponies have wings. All Ponies have horns. All Ponies can talk.”
Personification - Giving human characteristics to nonhuman things.
- “The lioness smiled at the hunter.”
Alliteration - The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of words next to each other.
- “Zig-zag zombies, zooming to the zenith….”
Varied Sentence Structure - Using a combination of simple, compound, and complex sentences in a passage.
Descriptive Language - The use of adjectives, adverbs and descriptive verbs to add detail.
- “The Ponies are no taller than the girls, fat and bright as butterflies, with short, round-tipped unicorn horns and small fluffy wings.”
