Literary Device Glossary Entry

1. Literary Device Glossary Entry • Look for literary devices as you read – remember you need at least one metaphor entry, one simile entry, and one personification entry • Write down the example and the page number when you find it • HINT: You will need to know what these lit terms are before you read! LOOK THEM UP! • Define the term. • Quote the example. (Cite!)

2. Literary Device Glossary Entry • Once you have read through the text enough to identify its theme, choose the lit device that illuminates this theme • For example: Symbol in Huck Finn

3. Literary Device Glossary Entry • Put your name and the Lit Device # at the top • Write the term with a colon after it Example: Joe Smith LD #1 Symbol:

4. Literary Device Glossary Entry • Write a sophisticated definition of the term • DO NOT USE THE DICTIONARY!!! Use a lit device website or even SpringBoard has a glossary of terms Example: Joe Smith LD #1 Symbol: Anything (object, animal, event, person, or place) that represents itself but also stands for something else on a figurative level

5. Literary Device Glossary Entry • Then write the word “Example” with a colon after it • Copy the quote EXACTLY as you see it (commas and all). Put a proper citation after the quote. Symbol: Anything (object, animal, event, person, or place) that represents itself but also stands for something else on a figurative level. Example: “It was kind of solemn, drifting down the big, still river, laying on our backs looking up at the stars…and nothing ever happened to us at all – that night, nor the next, nor the next” (Twain 85).

6. Literary Device Glossary Entry Explain the context in which it is used • Finally, write the word “Function” with a colon after it • Begin your function discussion with the title and author and background of this section of the text. • Summarize BRIEFLY the section in which it is used; in other words, give your reader some background. • DO NOT explain the whole story, characters, plot details, etc. Assume your reader knows the general gist of the story (because I usually do). 

7. Literary Device Glossary Entry • Finally, write the word Function with a colon after it • Begin your function discussion with the title and author and background of this section of the text. Function: In _____________’s classic novel _________, he delights readers with the tale of Huckleberry Finn and his determination to help his friend Jim, a slave, escape to the Northern states. However in order to reach the free states, Huck and Jim must travel the Mississippi River in hopes to change course on the Ohio River and make their way up north. Give context here and lead into your quote. Explain what is happening in this part of the text…DO rewrite your quote.

8. Literary Device Glossary Entry Function: In _____________’s classic novel _________, he delights readers with the tale of Huckleberry Finn and his determination to help his friend Jim, a slave, escape to the Northern states. However in order to reach the free states, Huck and Jim must travel the Mississippi River in hopes to change course on the Ohio River and make their way up north. When Huck and Jim are on the river, floating along without any trouble or worry, Huck says, “It was kind of solemn, drifting down the big, still river, laying on our backs looking up at the stars…and nothing ever happened to us at all – that night, nor the next, nor the next” (Twain 85). Twain is using the river as a symbol for freedom.

9. Lit Device Entries • Next, explain the use of the device in this section. With your partner, discuss how you both KNOW that this is an example of symbol. What does Twain do to help you as the reader see the river symbolically? Prove it. (You can use more quotes if necessary) Write down your discussion using your best academic writing.

10. Lit Device Entries • Finally, explain the purpose and significance of this device in relation to the text as a whole. With your partner, explain the importance of this metaphor. What is TWAIN trying to get across to the reader? What message is being sent through the use of this symbol? Why use a symbol instead of just deliberately telling us? (Hint: connect back to a theme statement) Write down your discussion using your best academic writing.