Literary Devices

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Literary Devices!

• Fun to be had by all.

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Idiom A phrase that can be traced to a specific
area.

• Examples
• I have a bone to pick with her!
• High five!
• He woke up on the wrong side of the bed.
• The early bird gets the worm.

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Idiom Pop Quiz

• See if you can determine what these idioms are
  really saying.
• On your paper, replace the bolded words with the
  actual meaning and see if they make more sense!

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• 1) He was all ears when his boss called.
• 2) She was just a chip off the old block.
• 3) His comments threw a wet blanket on the
  discussion.
• 4) They were beat after a hard days work.
• 5) After the manager quit, they were all in the
  same boat.

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Mood vs. ToneWhats the difference?

• Tone The authors attitude towards what he is
  writing about.
• Mood The emotions the reader feels. Usually a
  result of the authors tone, however not always
  the same.
• One piece of literature can evoke several moods
  among readers based on the readers own
  experience.

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For Example

• Imagine you are a normal teenager like Cary
  Ramos

Cary
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and to win the love of fair Alexandra you decide
to write a love note
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Tone Depends on the Author

• The TONE of his letter is romantic because that
  is his attitude toward this subject.

I love her!
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However, the letter could evoke several different
moods based on Alexandras experiences
Disgust! Outrage!
Romance! Intrigue!
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Hyperbole

• Extreme exaggeration!
• Exaggeration so extreme that many times the claim
  cannot possibly be true.
• For Example
• - Mom you NEVER let me go anywhere. (chances
  are, she lets you go SOMEWHERE)

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Try your hand at Hyperbole

• Check out this picture and see if you can
  complete this sentence hyperbolically.
• My sister wears so much make-up
• Ex she loses thirty pounds when she takes it
  off!

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Allusion

• Indirect of casual reference to anothers work.
• The author assumes that the reader is familiar
  with the movie, book, song, or event he is
  referring to.
• Most times the author wants to apply elements the
  reader knows of the original piece to his own
  literary work.

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For example

• "The girl's love of sweets was her Achilles
  heel," referencing the warrior in Greek
  mythology, Achilles, who could only be harmed if
  something hit his heel because he was dipped in
  magic water as baby when his mother held him by a
  heel. Achilles' only weakness is his heel, so an
  Achilles heel reference means a downfall or
  weakness, in this example a weakness for sweets.

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Works based on Literary Allusions

• Wicked, the novel and musical based on The Wizard
  of Oz

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The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs, based on The
Three Little Pigs fable.
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CONFLICTwhere things get complicated
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The Four Types of Conflict

• Man vs. Man
• Man vs. Nature
• Man vs. Society
• Man vs. Himself

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Man vs. Man
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Man Vs. Nature
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Man vs. Society
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Man Vs. Himself

• Should I do my homework or check my myspace? Hmmm

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Theme

• This is the point the author is trying to make.
• Often considered to be the moral of the story.
• Usually the authors commentary about life,
  society, or human nature.

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Connotation vs. Denotation

• Connotation the implied or emotional meaning.
• This may mean different things to different
  people.
• Denotation The Dictionary definition.
• Although a word can have more than one definition
  in a dictionary, the meaning does not vary from
  person to person.

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Understanding Connotation

• Mother in the dictionary is defined as a female
  parent, thus making it the denotation.
• However, the feelings evoked by the word mother
  may be different for every person in the class.
  This is the connotation.

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Isnt it ironicdont ya think?

• There are four different types of literary irony.
• The term ironic is often misused in everyday
  language. Read on and violate no longer!

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The Three Types of Irony

• Situational Irony An event of outcome of events
  opposite to what was or might naturally have been
  expected.
• For exampleWhen John Hinckley attempted to
  assassinate President Ronald Reagan, all of his
  shots initially missed the President however a
  bullet ricocheted off the bullet-proof windows of
  the Presidential limousine and struck Reagan in
  the chest. Thus, the windows made to protect the
  President from gunfire were partially responsible
  for his being shot.

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Dramatic Irony

• This is when one of the characters is unaware of
  important information that the audience is made
  aware of.
• For example In Shakespeares Romeo and Juliet
  Romeo believes Juliet to be dead when she is
  merely asleep. This turns into tragic irony when
  he decides to end his life to be with her.

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Verbal Irony

• The speaker or writer of verbal irony says one
  thing while INTENDING the reader to get a
  different meaning.
• For example, when using Sarcasm, the speaker says
  one thing but his tone implies another meaning.

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How is this ironic?
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And this?
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