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LITERARY DEVICES

LITERARY DEVICES. BARRIE. P.9(t) 10/22/2018 - TYPE 1 - Devices. IN your own words, what is a LITERARY DEVICE? (Figurative Language) Or what is a ‘DEVICE’?. LITERARY DEVICE definition …. a technique a writer uses to produce a special effect in their writing.

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LITERARY DEVICES

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  1. LITERARY DEVICES BARRIE

  2. P.9(t) 10/22/2018 - TYPE 1 - Devices IN your own words, what is a LITERARY DEVICE? (Figurative Language) Or what is a ‘DEVICE’?

  3. LITERARY DEVICE definition… • a techniquea writer uses to produce a special effect in their writing. • Device: a plan, scheme, or trick with a particular aim.

  4. YOU ALREADY KNOW THIS!!! • Hyperbole, characterization, plot, setting, theme, conflict, metaphor, simile, imagery, etc. Figurative Language!!!(not literally – “I’m gonna kill you!!” “That’s cold!!!”)

  5. ASSONANCE • REPETITION of vowel sounds in the MIDDLE of words that are next to one another. (tongue twisters) • “Men sell the wedding bells.” • “Blasphemous master of savage adjectives”

  6. IMAGERY • When authors use descriptive words to create ‘MENTAL IMAGES’ for the reader. Uses words that appeal to the SENSES. • “The gushing brook stole its way down the lush green mountains, dotted with tiny flowers in a riot of colors and trees coming alive with gaily chirping birds.”

  7. EXAMPLES • It was dark and dim in the forest. – The words “dark” and “dim” are visual images. • The children were screaming and shouting in the fields. – “Screaming” and “shouting” appeal to our sense of hearing or auditory sense. • He whiffed the aroma of brewed coffee. – “whiff” and “aroma” evoke our sense of smell or olfactory sense. • The girl ran her hands on a soft satin fabric. – The idea of “soft” in this example appeals to our sense of touch or tactile sense. • The fresh and juicy orange is very cold and sweet. – “ juicy” and “sweet” when associated with oranges have an effect on our sense of taste or gustatory sense.

  8. MOOD • When an author uses certain WORDS to bring to the reader’s mind certain FEELINGS or VIBES. EX - Happy, sad, dark, angry, suspenseful, tense, disgusted.

  9. MOOD: Examples • 1) “The river, reflecting the clear blue of the sky, glistened and sparkled as it flowed noiselessly on.” • 2) “And being no stranger to the art of war, I have him a description of cannons, culverins, muskets, pistols, bullets, powder, swords, bayonets, battles, sieges, retreats, attacks, undermines, countermines, bombardments, sea-fights…” • 3) He rolled in his bed, twisting the sheets, grappling with a problem years too big for him, awake in the night like a single sentinel on picket. And sometime after midnight, he slept, too, and then only the wind was awake, prying at the hotel and hooting in its gables under the bright gimlet gaze of the stars.

  10. JUXTAPOSITION • “SIDE BY SIDE” in latin • placing two or more ideas “side by side” often to compare or contrast to create an interesting effect. • EX – calm and chaos, belief and denial, beauty and ugliness, despair and hope. • “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness”“Beauty and the Beast”

  11. SYMBOLS • Symbolism Definition: “ Some thing (object, color, weather, action) that represents an idea in a story. It provides DEEPER meaning.”

  12. SYMBOLIC ARCHETYPES - OBJECTS APPLES SKULLS MASKS Represents life or death. Can represent health or illness. Represent mortality and death. Hiding ones identity. Not knowing oneself. Having different sides to a character’s personality.

  13. SYMBOLS in MOVIES

  14. EXAMPLE • What is a “snake in the grass”? • Where does the phrase come from? • J.Cole- ”Snakes in the grass let a man know that he arrive.”

  15. Allusion • Making a reference or mentioning another text or story.***Requires background information. WHY?? The author can make a POWERFUL point without having to explain it, because YOU ALREADY KNOW THE REFERENCE/CONNECTION.

  16. Allusion - examples • You're a regular Einstein. (allusion to a historical figure) • You are carrying the weight of the world on your shoulders. (reference to Atlas in myth) • Don't be a Scrooge! (reference to A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens) • Don’t open Pandora’s Box. (Reference to myth) (“curiosity killed the cat”)

  17. HYPERBOLE • Statements that are EXAGGERATED to create an effect or make a point. EXAMPLES “I’m so hungry, I could eat an elephant” “Nothing can bother him.” “I can smell pizza from a mile away” “You never let me play with my friends” “I’ve seen this movie a million times!”

  18. METAPHOR/SIMILE METAPHOR SIMILE A comparison using ‘like’ or ‘as’. EXAMPLES: Our players were as brave as lions. She’s cold as ice. The glow of the light was as bright as sunshine. I wandered lonely as a cloud. • A hidden comparison between two unrelated things, but show some common characteristics. • EXAMPLES:“My sister was boiling mad!” • “That test was cake.” • “He’s a beast!”

  19. Irony Literary device which gives a contradiction (opposite) of cause and effect. What you think will happen, won’t happen. • Irony inverts our expectations. It can create the unexpected twist at the end of a joke or a story that gets us laughing — or crying. Verbal irony tends to be funny; situational irony can be funny or tragic; and dramatic irony is often tragic. • 3 TYPES: • DRAMATIC IRONY • SITUATIONAL IRONY - • VERBAL IRONY -

  20. DRAMATIC IRONY • Happens where there is a miscommunication in the story. The audience is in on a secret. • – The AUDIENCE is SMARTER than the characters!!! • EXAMPLE: IN a horror movie, you see the killer behind the character but the character does not see the killer coming.

  21. SITUATIONAL IRONY • Actions have an opposite effect of what is expected, SO the outcome is contrary (opposite) to what you expect. • EXAMPLE: ROMEO & JULIET • Juliet pretends to be dead, but Romeo thinks she is actually dead and kills himself to join her. Juliet is actually alive, finds Romeo dead, then actually kills herself.

  22. VERBAL IRONY • A person or character says one thing, but really means the opposite. Sarcasm. EXAMPLE: The teacher hands out a test and the students say “Oh, great! Another test!”

  23. IRONYDramatic, Verbal, or Situational??

  24. RHYME • REPETITION of similar sounding words occurring at the end of lines in poems or songs. PERFECT RHYME TWO+ words rhyme in such a way that their final ending sounds are IDENTICAL. EX – SIGHT / LIGHT - RIGHT / MIGHT - ROSE / CLOSE - CAT / HAT - BLING / THING GENERAL RHYMETWO+ words that have a LIKENESS between their sounds. EX – WING / CARING - SIT / PERFECT - FOR / PASSPORT - MILLIONS / BUILDINGS

  25. Literary Devices/Connotative • Metaphors - Comparison of two unlike objects • Simile - Comparison using ‘like’ or ‘as’ • Alliteration - Repetition of a consonant sound • Assonance - Repetition of a vowel sound • Personification - Giving non-living objects human-like qualities • Allusion - Alluding or Referencing another text, person, historical event. • Hyperbole - Exaggerating • Symbolism - Using an object to have a deeper meaning • Archetypes - Repeated patterns in literature • Repetition - Repeated words or phrases to strengthen the purpose • Imagery - using language to create a vivid scene, appealing to senses • Juxtaposition - putting two contrasting ideas side-by-side • Mood - The feeling the author conveys • Idiom - a form of expression natural to a language, person, or group

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