Analyzing Literary Techniques

1. Analyzing Literary Techniques Imagery and Figurative Language

2. Example “As I slowly bend my arm down to the left, a POW! reverberates like a muted cap gun shot.” 1. What literary technique is Aron using in this example? 2. What EFFECT does it create in his story?

3. Example “As I slowly bend my arm down to the left, a POW! reverberates like a muted cap gun shot.” • Aron uses a simile in this example. • Aron uses this simile to make the point that when his arm broke it made a loud and violent sound.

4. Example Is it enough to simply point out the literary techniques we find in stories? NO! What else do we have to do? Explain the EFFECT the technique has.

5. Writing about literary techniques Steps: • Have a clear point you are making about the technique and the effect it has. It should include both the technique and the effect. Ex. Aron uses a simile to describe the moment he broke his arm

6. Writing about literary techniques Steps: 2. Provide a quotation from the text to illustrate your point. Ex. When his arm breaks, he says, “As I slowly bend my arm down to the left, a POW! reverberates like a muted cap gun shot.”

7. Writing about literary techniques Steps: 3. Explain HOW the technique creates the effect. The violent simile Aron uses shows how loud and painful it was to break his own arm.

8. Putting it all together 1Aron uses a simile to describe the moment he broke his arm. 2When his arm breaks, he says, “As I slowly bend my arm down to the left, a POW! reverberates like a muted cap gun shot.” 3The violent simile Aron uses shows how violent and painful it was to break his own arm.

9. Your Turn Choose two of the examples of imagery or figurative language you found in the article and analyze them in the same way we did together. Each response should: • Include the three steps we discussed in class. • Be three sentences long. DUE TOMORROW!