Literary Devices in "Harrison Bergeron"
ALLITERATION
METAPHOR
SIMILE
PERSONIFICATION
TONE
IRONY
The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words.
A special kind of contrast between appearance and reality - usually one in which reality is the opposite of what it seems.
The attitude a writer takes toward a subject.
A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things using like or as
A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two things that are basically unlike but have something in common.
A figure of speech in which human qualities are given to an object, animal, or idea.
"In the race
of life..."
"twisted star"
"his thoughts fled
like panic"
"Harrison's appearance was Halloween and hardware"
"His handicap harness"
"screams and barking cries of consternation..."
"The photo of Harrison Bergeron on the screen jumped again as though dancing to the tune of an earthquake."
"I'd hate it."
"blindingly beautiful"
"I am the Emperor"
"The bar snapped like celery"
"A moment passed and then a ballerina arose, swaying like a willow"
ex. water park
that burned down
"all this equality was due to the 211th, 212th, and 213th amendments to the constitution."
Ex. she leaped
like a gazelle
"since the announcer, like all announcers, had a serious speech impediment"
Ex. The blank essay paper
stared back at the student.
"his own home had danced to the same crashing tune."
In other words, the author's purpose.
"snatched two musicians from their chairs, waved them like batons"
"feel like something the cat drug in"
Ex. Sally sells sea shells
"he tried to do the best he could with what God gave him"
"Harrison tore the straps of his handicap harness like wet tissue paper, tore straps guaranteed to support five thousand pounds."
"There were tears on Hazel's cheeks, but she'd forgotten for the moment what they were about."
"heavier handicaps"
"she must have been extraordinarily beautiful, because the mask she wore was hideous."
"She fired twice, and the Emperor and the Empress were dead before they hit the floor."
"There was a shriek of a door being torn from its hinges."
"she said in a
grackle squawk..."
"Harrison tore the straps of his handicap harness like wet tissue paper."
"Her voice was a warm, luminous, timeless melody."
"I am the emperor"
"Go on and rest the bag for a while."
"the tears stood on
the rim of his eyes"
"dancing to the tune of an earthquake..."
"unceasing vigilance of agents of the United States Handicapper General"
"Sounded like somebody hitting a milk bottle with a ball peen hammer."
"Harrison looked like a walking junkyard."
"cries of consternation came from the television set"
"They leaped like deer on the moon."
"His thoughts fled in panic, like bandits from a burglar alarm."
"The rest of Harrison's appearance was Halloween and hardware."
"all this equality was due to the 211th, 212th, and 213th amendments to the Constitution."
"bags of birdshot"
"The photo of Harrison on the screen jumped again as though dancing to the tune of an earthquake."