Devices+in+Practice

Literary Devices in Practice: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Check the definitions of the terms so you know what to look for in these examples.

Good Allusion: "Born too Late" by the Clarks. Can you figure out everyone they are talking about by the names and descriptions? Personification Onomatopoeia Alliteration

Bad (things not to do in your writing) Redundancies Malapropisms

Ugly (misuses) Metaphor: "54 Worst Analogies by High School Students" collected by the //Washington Post.// Some of these are witty, others cliche, nonsensical, silly, but all are funny. Irony: "Ironic " by Alanis Morrisette. Ironically, none of the situations in this song are ironic. They're all just unfortunate.