Download Common Literary Devices Found in Chidlren`s Picture Books

Common Literary Devices Found in Chidlren’s Picture Books
What is Literary Device?
A literary technique (also known as literary device) is any method an author uses to convey
their message. It’s basically how the author gets their point across.
Please find an example of the following devices in the books around the room.
Write down the title & author of the book. Include the example and page # 6.
Onomatopoeia: Words that bring to mind the sound of their meanings, such as: splat,
sizzle, buzz and puff.
Book: Bear Snores On by Wilson
protagonist
the main character in a work of literature
antagonist
the character in a work of literature that opposes the protagonist
metaphor
an imaginative comparison between two unlike things in which one thing is said to be another
thing
simile
a comparison between two unlike things using a word such as like, as, then, or resembles
theme
the truth about life revealed in a work of literature
personification
a figure of speech in which a nonhuman or nonliving thing or quality is talked about as if it were
human or alive
onomatopoeia
the use of words whose sounds echo their sense (boom pow zap)
alliteration
the repetition of the same or very similar consonant sounds in words that are close together
imagery
language that appeals to the senses
repetition
Repetition is a literary device that repeats the same words or phrases a few times to make an idea
clearer.
rhyme:
When two or more words or phrases contain an identical or similar vowel-sound, and the
consonant-sounds that follow are identical or similar (red and dead).
refrain:
A repeated line, phrase or group of lines, which recurs at regular intervals through a poem or
song, usually at the end of a stanza. The less technical term is 'chorus'.