Today, we are adding another topic to our mental libraries: lit. devices/figurative language. Many of you have probably heard of these, and are maybe thinking: Oh, great. Not this again. After all, it is drilled into you in school. You might even wonder why they make any difference in writing. Here is an example:
Original sentence: She was hot.
Sentence with lit. devices: The girl felt like every bone in her body was on fire as her many muscles screamed for her mind to make her misery end.
See? It does make a difference after all.
Today, lucky Friends, we have a guest doing your post (the rest of it, anyways)! He is our first guest, and he writes Gothic stories. I mean, if you look up the definition of Gothic literature, that's what he writes. So, without further ado, let me welcome Dragomir Volkov!
Dragomir: Greetings, Readers. I am honored to be requested to post on Spruce's blog. As I do not have much time, I am unable to go into as much depth with each literary device as I otherwise would prefer. Notwithstanding this minor difficulty, I will endeavor to provide you with the primary elements of some select literary devices.
Alliteration: Alliteration is when many words start with the same sound in a sentence/phrase.
Simile: A comparison between two or more unrelated things using like or as.
Example: The Headless Hunt's pandemonium was like the laughter of the sky.
Metaphor: A comparison between two or more unrelated things using is or are.
Example: The Headless Hunt's pandemonium was the laughter of the sky.
Personification: Giving human-like qualities to a non-human thing.
Example: The forest's dead hands clawed despairingly at the ghostly glamour of the Headless Hunt's steeds.
Onomatopoeia: Words that describe a sound.
Example: The trees creaked as the Headless Hunt whooshed over them menacingly.
These are among the few basic literary devices one would find in literature. However, there are more I wish to explain, but Spruce has forbidden me to improve upon this post, considering it would then be too long, and of no interest to you. Farewell, Readers.
Thank you so much, Dragomir! We hope to have you back sometime soon! Among the lit. devices Dragomir didn't cover are: foreshadowing, irony, oxymoron, and many more. We shall have to post about them a different time.
Use your new knowledge of lit. devices in your future writing, Friends!
Spruce Nogard
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