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Using Lit Devices in Essays

Using Lit Devices in Essays. Typical Thesis Structure. Author uses… (some pattern in the novel) to reveal (theme – message about big idea) because… (clause explaining logic of the theme). Example from OFK. T.H. White uses Wart’s experiences with animal adventures in Book I to suggest

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Using Lit Devices in Essays

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  1. Using Lit Devices in Essays

  2. Typical Thesis Structure • Author uses… • (some pattern in the novel) to reveal • (theme – message about big idea) • because… (clause explaining logic of the theme).

  3. Example from OFK • T.H. White uses • Wart’s experiences with animal adventures in Book I to suggest • education helps develop personal judgment and decision-making • because it allows a person to make correct choices based on informed experience rather than impulse.

  4. How do we incorporate the lit. device? • For this essay, you MUST use either juxtaposition or symbolism as a basis for your theme. • … what’s that mean? • You must use the word “juxtaposition” or “symbolism” and in the pattern position of your thesis statement. • The juxtaposition/symbolism IS your pattern.

  5. What would that look like in a thesis…with juxtaposition? • Alan Paton uses… • the juxtaposition of Johannesburg with Ndotsheni to reveal… • (theme) • (because statement)

  6. What would that look like in a thesis…with symbolism? • Alan Paton uses… • Clothing to symbolize ________ to suggest… • (theme) • (because statement)

  7. How to do this in paragraphs… for juxtaposition? • You juxtapose aspects of the two elements you’re comparing. You could write a paragraph comparing… • Wealth • Social structure • Cooperation • Crime • _________?

  8. How to do this in paragraphs… for symbolism? • Track the symbol throughout the novel. • Paragraph 1: It appears here, symbolizing _____. • Paton uses it here to show us ___________. • Paragraph 2: It also appears here ________. • This agrees with / interrupts that pattern because Paton puts it there to show us _________.

  9. What about topic sentences? • Think of the jobs you’re doing. You have to… • Show me the literary device happening in a specific part of the novel. • So name the literary device in your topic sentence each time. • Mirror the theme using the book. • Don’t forget to stay specific to the scene/section you’re discussing.

  10. Pseduo-Topic Sentence Examples • Juxtaposition: • Paton juxtaposes the wealth of Ndotsheni and the poverty in Johannesburg which exposes that • the wealth of Ndotsheni has caused the community to _________ (mirror theme). • Symbolism: • When Gertrude’s clothing appears ________ (specific spot in the book) representing ____________ (connect to your symbolism), • the community of Ndotsheni is revealed as __________ (mirror theme).

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