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Shackles Unit Literary terms

Shackles Unit Literary terms. Narrative. Tells a story Poem Song Autobiographical. Autobiography. a history of a person's life written or told by that person. . Symbolism. something used for or regarded as representing something else; . Theme.

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Shackles Unit Literary terms

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  1. Shackles UnitLiterary terms

  2. Narrative • Tells a story • Poem • Song • Autobiographical

  3. Autobiography • a history of a person's life written or told by that person.

  4. Symbolism • something used for or regarded as representing something else;

  5. Theme • Theme is the general idea or insight about life that a writer wishes to express • Themes are always stated in a sentence. • Not the same as what the literary selection is about • i.e., love – • Although love may hurt, it is still worth the pain.

  6. Conflict • Conflict/Plot is the struggle found in fiction. Conflict/Plot may be internal or external and is best seen in • (1) Man in conflict with another Man: • (2) Man in conflict in Nature; • (3) Man in conflict with self or • (4) Man vs. society.

  7. Irony • Irony is a difference between what is said or done and what is meant. • 
Three kinds of irony: • 1. verbal irony - says one thing and means something else - sarcasm • 2. dramatic irony - audience knows more than the character • 3. irony of situation – difference between what the audience expects and what happens. • “Richard Cory”

  8. Mood • Emotional attitude an author takes toward his subject.

  9. Foreshadowing • Use of hints or clues to suggest what will happen in the story.

  10. Motivation • The reason a characters acts the way he or she does. • Why does Frederick Douglass fight Mr. Covey?

  11. Metaphor • Comparison of two things – doesn’t use the words “like” or “as” • The arm of slavery

  12. Alliteration • Repetition of beginning consonant sounds • “But she went on feeling the soft, sheeny luxurious things… to see them glisten and glide serpentlike through her fingers” (439)

  13. Simile • Comparing two unlike things using the words “like” or “as.” • She looks like an angel.

  14. Allusion • A reference to something that the author expects the reader to know.

  15. Personification • Giving human characteristics to animals or things.

  16. Characterization • Method used by an author to develop a character • Indirect • What the character says or thinks • What the character does • What others say about the character • Direct • The author tells you

  17. Foil • A character that contrasts another character: • The Glass Menagerie • Tom – escapes through movies; hates his job; doesn’t want a 9-5 job • Jim – totally immersed in his job – strives to succeed -

  18. Point of view • Who is telling the story • Objective – detached observer – just the facts • Third person – detached observer who knows what all the characters are feeling • First person - narrator participates and all is seen through his or her eyes • Omniscient – all knowing • Limited omniscient – narrator who knows all about only one characters

  19. Repetition • The return of a word, phrase, stanza form, or effect in any form of literature. • effective literary device that may add special meaning to a piece of literature. • Chief Joseph’s letter

  20. Setting • Time and place of a literary work

  21. tone • The tone or attitude a writer takes toward his work

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