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Literary Devices Literary Techniques Part 2 Adapted From Ms. Baisley’s website. Definitions provided by Elements of Literature, Second Course . Holt, Rhinehart & Winston, 2003.
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Literary DevicesLiterary TechniquesPart 2AdaptedFrom Ms. Baisley’s website Definitions provided by Elements of Literature, Second Course. Holt, Rhinehart & Winston, 2003. http://74.125.45.132/search?q=cache:i-nu3idRPhIJ:teacherweb.com/NY/Ketcham/MrsBaisley/LiteraryDeviceReview.ppt+%22literary+techniques%22+filetype:ppt&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us&client=firefox-a
Literary Techniques • Literary techniques are used to produce a __________ effect on the reader. • Authors often use a variety of techniques throughout a piece of literature.
Alliteration ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ • Alliteration is used to create a _________ or mood, call attention to specific words, point out _____________ and contrasts. • Examples: Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. Wide-eyed and wondering while we wait for others to waken.
Allusion ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ • Author’s expect a reader to understand the allusion, think about the allusion and the literature to make connections. • Often, the reference is to something religious.
Dialect ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ • Commonly brought to mind to New Yorkers are the Bostonian Dialect and the Southern Dialect.
Dialogue __________________________________________________________ • Dialogue is when a character speaks to another character. • Dialogue is _______________. • Dialogue can include when a character speaks out loud to an animal, an inanimate object or him or herself. • Dialogue can be used to explain something to the reader/audience.
Flashback _______________________________________________________________________________________ • Flashback is when the story returns or goes back in time to a past event. • Flashback is used to tell a past story. • Flashback can be the memory of a single character or the narrator.
Foreshadowing ________________________________________________________________________________________________ • Foreshadowing is when you are given _____ or clues about something that will happen in the future of the story. • Some good examples of foreshadowing are in Arna Bontemps’ A Summer Tragedy with the older couple who commits suicide.
Imagery __________________________________________________________________ • Imagery is when words or language is used to appeal to one or all of the five senses – sight, touch, taste, smell or sound. • In his poems, Countee Cullen creates a movie in our minds by creating a sense of comradery between the black boy and white boy of Tableau and the sense of hatred between them in Incident.
Irony and Dramatic Irony ______________ is the contrast between expectation (what is expected ) and reality (what actually occurs). ______________occurs when the audience or reader knows something a character does not know. • In “The Diary of Anne Frank”, the audience knows the fate of its characters. The characters, however, continue to discuss what they will do when they are free – Anne wants to ride a bike and go to Paris. Our knowledge that this will not occur is dramatic irony.
Mood/Atmosphere Mood and Atmosphere are used interchangeably to refer to the “__________________________________________.” • The Mood or Atmosphere might be scary, happy, sad, romantic, nostalgic, or exciting.
Repetition _____________________________________________________________________________________________ • Repetition is used to emphasize or add special meaning to what is being said. • Repetition makes the reader consciously aware of a point being made by the author or the character.
Symbol/Symbolism ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ • Symbols are commonly known as representing the other item. • Example: “Life for me ain’t been no crystal stair.” is a symbol for a life that has been difficult (Langston Hughes, Mother to Son)
Tone ________________________________________________________________________________________________ • Examples of an author’s tone include, but are not limited to: humorous, passionate, sincere, solemn, and anger.
Figurative Language “__________________________________________________________________________________.” (orangeusd) • Types of figurative language include: • ____________________ • ____________________ • ____________________
Metaphor(Figurative Language) Metaphor is an imaginative comparison between two unlike things in which one thing is said to be the other thing. • Metaphors are implied comparisons between two unlike things ____________________ _____________________________________. • Examples: The road was a ribbon of moonlight. She was a flower among women.
Simile(Figurative Language) Simile is when a comparison is made between two unlike things, using a word such as like, as, than or resembles. • Similes are most often direct comparisons between two unlike things ______________ _________________________________ • Examples: Timothy’s arms were like iron. My love is like a red, red rose. Her face was as round as a pumpkin.
Idiom(Figurative Language) ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ • Hold your tongue is an idiom for don’t speak. • Bury your head in the sand is an idiom for ignore a difficult situation. • A bee in your bonnet is an idiom for being angry.
Onomatopoeia(Figurative Language) __________________________________________________________ • When you read the word, it makes a _________. • Examples: Buzz Clang Clap Crackle Fizz Ping
Personification(Figurative Language) Personification is when an object or animal is spoken of as if it had _________________ _________________________________. • Personification is when human qualities are given to an animal, an object or an idea. • Examples: The little dog laughed. The cow winked at the little girl. The moon crept through the night.