PERSONIFICATIONAND

IRONY

BY ALEX WINTER, BLED ALIU, MATTHEW TATUM

● Personification● Pathetic Fallacy● Synecdoche● Mytonomy● Irony

Literary Terms Intro

● Literal definition- the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.

● Examples- o The run down house appeared depressed.o Time flew and before we knew it, it was time for me to go

home.o The window panes were talking as the wind blew through

them.

Personification

● Literal definition- Literary term for the attributing of human emotion and conduct to all aspects within nature.

● Examples-o The stars danced playfully in the moonlit sky.o The snow swaddled the earth like a mother would her

infant child.o The river swallowed the earth as the water continued

to rise higher and higher.

Pathetic Fallacy

● Literal definition- A group of individuals or organization combined to promote some common interest.

● Examples- the phrase gray beard represents old men, the word sails refer to a whole ship. And the word boots usually refers to a soldier.

Synecdoche

● Literal definition- The substitute of the name of an entity with something else that is closely associated with it.

● Examples-The pen is mightier than the sword (pen refers to written words and sword refers to military force). Let me give you a hand (hand means help)

the suits were at a meeting (suits referring to businessmen).

Metonymy

● Literal definition- The use of words to convey a message opposite of their literal meaning

● Types- Verbal Irony, Dramatic Irony,Situational Irony,and Cosmic Irony

Irony

● Dramatic- The play Othello where Othello thinks Iago is good but the audience knows he is evil

● Verbal- saying “oh thats great” when something bad happens

● Situational- A man steps out of the way of a puddle only to be doused by sprinklers

● Cosmic- The Titanic was dubbed unsinkable yet it sunk on its maiden voyage

Examples of Irony