Stylistic Literary Devices

I. Introduction

Understanding literary pieces often involves recognizing stylistic devices.
Literary styles and devices help extract insights from prose and poetry.
Identifying and analyzing these devices is crucial for deeper understanding and appreciation of literature.
Knowledge of literary devices helps eliminate confusion and struggle in understanding texts.

Definition: Forms of expression that convey meaning in literature.
Importance:
- Enhance writing skills.
- Highlight important concepts.
- Strengthen narratives.
- Create connections with characters and themes.

Simile: Comparison using "as" or "like".
- Example: "She is as vicious as a lion."
Metaphor: Describing ideas, actions, or objects in non-literal terms.
- Example: "He is a walking encyclopedia."
Personification: Attributing human-like qualities to non-human entities.
- Example: "The angry clouds march across the sky."
Hyperbole: Exaggerated statements not meant to be taken literally.
- Example: "Her smile is a mile wide."
Alliteration: Series of words beginning with the same sound.
- Example: "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers."
Irony: Expression of meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite.
- Example: "A police station got robbed."
Onomatopoeia: Words that phonetically imitate, resemble, or suggest the sound they describe.
- Example: "I hate the sound of buzzing bees."
Allusion: Indirect reference to an external figure, place, event, or idea.
- Example: "She was a good Samaritan when she helped the old lady."
Euphemism: Mild or indirect word/expression substituted for one considered harsh or blunt.
- Example: "Downsizing" instead of firing someone.
Oxymoron: Two contradictory terms are used together.
- Example: "Cruelly kind."

Labayoga, D. (2020). 21st Century Literature from the Philippines and the World Quarter 1 Module 1: Lesson 1. Department of Education.