Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Learning Log 6

After numerous lesson we had on Literary Devices, i have learnt that these are mostly use in poetry so as to express how one feels. The literary devices are group into 2 different categories, the imaginery and figurative language and the diction and sentence structures.
Examples of Literary Devices are simile and metaphor, which are one of the easiest to point out. Where 'like' and 'as' would be used. Other Literary Devices such as hyperbole and rhetorical questions are tougher to point out. I was quite surprised at first when i realised that incomplete sentence ,simple sentence and complex sentence is also considered as one of those literary devices. As i havnt used or even heard of them before, i make mistakes on the unseen resource book. After reading through the meaning, i manage to know how they are used.
 As mentioned earlier ,that simile and metaphor are one of the easiest to point out. I feel that examples like "as ugly as a cow" and "as cunning as a fox" are one of the similes which are easier to understand:)
The Literary device that i love most is auditory as it descriptions of what we hear. An simple example is
'thundering roar of the waves'. I find it intersting as i didnt knew that what we hear could also be referred as a literary device.
In conclusion, i feel that literary devices are very benefical and important for me to score well for the literature exams. I hope that we could be given more worksheets to practice the devices so we could be even better in using them.

1 comment:

  1. Amanda, I'll be giving more worksheets on literary device if time permits as we need more time to practice for the essay questions. Anyway, do spend some time to find out more examples from the internet when you are free so you are clear of the rules of each literary device. Happy learning:)

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