Brief Summary
This video explains four literary devices: onomatopoeia, personification, simile, and metaphor. It provides definitions and examples of each, and includes an exercise to test understanding.
- Onomatopoeia: Words that imitate sounds.
- Personification: Giving human characteristics to non-human entities.
- Simile: Direct comparison using "as" or "like."
- Metaphor: Direct comparison without using "as" or "like."
The video introduces literary devices as techniques authors use to achieve their purpose. These devices help readers appreciate, interpret, and analyze literary works. The lesson will cover onomatopoeia, personification, simile, and metaphor.
Onomatopoeia is defined as a word whose pronunciation imitates a sound. Examples include "buzz," "hiss," "beep," "fizz," "click," "vroom," "woof," "boom," and "zip." The video provides several auditory examples such as "meow", "buzz", "click", "knock knock" and "tuk" to illustrate the concept.
Personification involves giving human characteristics to non-human items, such as animals or objects. Examples provided include "the leaves danced," "the plants were begging for water," and "the earth hath swallowed all my hopes" (from Romeo and Juliet). Additional examples are "my watch told me the time" and "the wind whistled throughout the day," highlighting how inanimate objects or natural elements are described with human actions.
A simile is a direct comparison between two things, typically using "as" or "like." Examples include "he slept like a log," "like a moth to a flame," "he eats like a horse," and "I work like a dog." Further examples using "as" are "she's as cute as a kitten," "Canada is as cold as ice," "I’m becoming blind as a bat," and "she is as sweet as sugar."
A metaphor also compares two things but does so more directly, without using "as" or "like." The video provides metaphors for love, such as "love is a fruit in season at all times" (Mother Teresa), "love is a dog from hell" (Charles Bukowski), "love is a journey with water and stars" (Pablo Neruda), and "love is a disease" (Turjaneth).
The video includes an exercise where viewers are asked to identify whether a sentence is an example of onomatopoeia (O), personification (P), simile (S), or metaphor (M). Viewers are encouraged to pause the video to complete the exercise. The answers are then provided: 1) Simile, 2) Metaphor, 3) Onomatopoeia, 4) Personification, 5) Metaphor, 6) Personification, 7) Metaphor, 8) Onomatopoeia, 9) Simile, 10) Simile.
The video concludes by encouraging viewers to ask questions in the comments, subscribe to the channel, like the video, and share the lesson with friends.
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Transcript
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0:00 hello everyone this is mr p on today's lesson we're going to take a look at literary devices onomatopoeia personification similarly a metaphor so first of all what is a literary device well in literature any technique used to help the author achieve his or her purpose is called a literary device when employed properly the different literary devices help readers to appreciate interpret and analyze a literary work [Music] so let's analyze onomatopoeia when a word's pronunciation imitates a sound like buzz his
0:46 beep fizz click vroom woof boom and zip let's take a look at some examples [Music] meow buzz click knock knock [Music] tuk [Music] [Music] so those are examples of onomatopoeia [Music] now let's define personification
1:34 an inhuman item is given human characteristics in their description personification is not used to describe people obviously personification is used to describe an animal or an object [Music] for example the leaves danced their way through the lawn you can see the leaves dancing well usually not usually actually never leave stands right only humans dance the next example one look at the garden and you could tell that the plants were begging for water well plants don't bag humans do next example and this is an example taken from romeo and juliet by
2:20 shakespeare the earth hath swallowed all my hopes and that is in modern english the earth has swallowed all my hopes well humans swallow not the earth next one my watch told me the time well your watch does not speak only humans speak another example the wind whistled throughout the day well only humans whistle right like me not the wind [Music] let's take a look at the next literary device similarly
3:06 a simile is where two things are directly compared and as or like is usually used to compare so as or like whenever you see as or like that's a simile like in our examples he slept like a log like a moth to flame another example could be he eats like a horse [Music] or i work like a dog so we use like other similes she's as cute as a kitten so here we have as canada is cold as ice
3:52 i'm becoming blind as a bat she is as sweet as sugar so you can see as on the right hand side and like is used on the left hand side so the next device metaphor a metaphor also compares two things but it does it more directly without using as or like [Music] so let's take a look at metaphors for love once mother teresa said love is a fruit in season at all times and within the reach of every hand another example
4:37 love is a dog from hell and was said by charles bukowski another metaphor of love love is a journey with water and stars with drowning air and storms of flower thus pablo neruda [Music] and last but not least love is a disease and disease knows not laws turjaneth so let's do some exercise now say whether the sentence is an example of a nomatopia personification simile or metaphor you can use
5:23 o for nomatopia p for personification s for simile and m for metaphor so pause the video and tell me your answers [Music] let's look at the key now number one simile number two metaphor number three onomatopoeia number four personification number five metaphor number six personification number seven metaphor number eight onomatopoeia and nine and ten seemingly
6:10 so that's it for today if you have any questions uh please post them under the video if you haven't subscribed to my channel please do if you liked the lesson hit on the like button please and if you want to share the lesson with your friends you may until next time bye bye
