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Reading and Vocabulary

A. Discuss with a partner.

1. In your opinion, what makes a good novel?
2. Why do you think some people have difficulty enjoying poetry?
3. How does a poem or novel become a “classic”?

B. Match the literary devices with the examples.

1. Alliteration is when a series of words begin with a. His aunt was cruelly kind.
the same consonant sound. b. She saved all her money to buy him a stereo
2. Allusion is when a writer refers to a person or for his car, only to find that he had sold his car
event outside the text, assuming that the reader to buy her a present.
has former knowledge of it. c. He puffed and grunted as he climbed the hill.
3. A metaphor is when one thing is compared to d. The wind whispered through the field, making
another, without using comparative words and the flowers dance.
structures such as as and like. e. This bed is like a block of wood.
4. An oxymoron is when two words with opposite f. The children were roses grown in a concrete
meanings are placed together to create humour garden.
or tension.
g. Lazily, I lay in the lounge, dreaming of love.
5. Irony is a statement that has the opposite h. John is a bit of a Romeo – he’s always in love
meaning from the one expressed. For example, with someone.
a character could say something but mean the
opposite, or an event could occur, which is the
opposite of what was expected or hoped for.
6. Onomatopoeia is when the sound of a word –
usually a verb – sounds like the word’s meaning.

7. A simile is when one thing is compared to
another, using comparative words and structures
such as as and like.
8. Personification is when a non-human object or
concept is given human characteristics.

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