Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Standards Review
Example:
The car screeched and collided with a crash
as the metal buckled and a fire exploded
from the engine.
1. How do literary devices enhance
characterization? (continued)
• METAPHOR:
Comparison of two unlike things without
using “like” or “as”.
Example:
Her hair was golden wheat.
1. How do literary devices enhance
characterization? (continued)
Example:
When he broke up with me,
all the trees were bare.
• OXYMORON:
A comparison or description that seems
contradictory
THE / Message