Personification and Sound Devices in Literature
This section explores personification, alliteration, and other sound-based literary devices, demonstrating how they enhance the richness of language in writing.
Personification is introduced with the example "The wind whistled through the empty forest," showing how non-human things can be given human qualities.
Definition: Personification is a figure of speech that attributes human characteristics to non-human things or abstract ideas.
Alliteration is explained using a quote from Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven": "While I nodded, nearly, napping, suddenly there came a tapping..."
Highlight: Alliteration is the repetition of initial consonant sounds in consecutive words, often used to create mood or add humor in writing.
The page also covers sayings and onomatopoeia, further expanding on personification and alliteration in English literature.
Example: The saying "A bird in the hand is worth more than two in the bush" is explained, illustrating how these traditional phrases convey wisdom.
Vocabulary: Onomatopoeia is defined as the imitation of sound in words, exemplified by "SPLAT!" to describe the sound of ice cream hitting the ground.