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Title: Literary Devices


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Literary Devices
  • Common terms needed to understand literature and
    writing
  • (PART 1)

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ARCHTYPE
  • Definition An original after which other similar
    things are patterned
  • iPod mp3 player SuperheroSuperman
    VillainDarth Vader
  • Ex

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ATMOSPHERE
  • Definition The way that setting affects the mood
    of a work
  • Ex a graveyard, a birthday party, a haunted
    house, a battle field, etc

4
CHARACTERIZATION
  • Definition The process used to understand a
    character
  • Ex He cant walk down the street without
    everybody staring at him. When we were ten, he
    was almost 6 feet tall and people who didnt know
    him treated him older.

5
DYNAMIC CHARACTER
  • Definition A character that experiences a change
    of heart or point of view
  • Ex Simba (The Lion King)
  • Marlin (Finding Nemo)

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STATIC CHARACTER
  • Definition A character that remains the same
    throughout the plot
  • Ex The Evil Stepsisters (Cinderella)
  • Zeus (Greek Mythology)
  • Timon and Pumba (Lion King)

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CONFLICT
  • Definition The struggle between two opposing
    forces (any problem that occurs in a story)
  • Ex Internal conflict (man vs. self)
  • War (man vs. man)
  • Titanic sinking (man vs. nature)
  • The Civil Rights Movement (man vs.
    society)
  • Fulfilling destiny? (man vs. fate)

8
DICTION
  • Definition The use of selective word choice
  • Ex MAD 5 word
  • ANGRY 10 word!
  • FURIOUS 50 word!!
  • ENRAGED 100 word!!!

9
FORESHADOWING
  • Definition Clues that indicate what may happen
    later in the story
  • Ex Intense music in scary movies,
  • dark clouds rolling in
  • I hope nothing bad happens!

10
IMAGERY
  • Definition Writing that creates a mental picture
    for the reader
  • Ex When you read a book, you often visualize the
    characters and scenes. When they make a movie, we
    are often disappointed because the filmmakers
    idea is different than ours. This is due to
    IMAGERY!

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IRONY
  • Definition The contrast between actual meaning
    and the suggestion of another meaning
  • OR
  • when something seems to be the opposite of what
    it is supposed to be
  • Ex The inventor of the
  • Segway dies in Segway accident!

12
METAPHOR
  • Definition
  • A comparison that does NOT use like or as
  • Ex You are an angel!
  • That test was torture!

13
MORAL
  • Definition A universal lesson taught by a story
  • Ex Dont judge a book by its cover
  • Slow and steady wins the race
  • Better safe than sorry

14
OXYMORON
  • Definition a phrase that combines words that are
    opposites
  • Ex Jumbo Shrimp
  • Quiet Riot Loud Silence

15
PERSONIFICATION
  • Definition A figure of speech that gives human
    characteristics to non-living (inanimate) objects
  • Ex My car hates me.
  • Facebook is my best friend.

16
PLOT
  • Definition The events that take place in a story
  • (a.k.a.-what happens!)
  • Ex Nemo gets captured, Nemo lives in the tank,
    Nemo escapes, Nemo goes home!

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POINT OF VIEW
  • Definition The perspective from which a story is
    told
  • Ex In any conflict there are many different
    points of view

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FIRST PERSONPOINT OF VIEW
  • Definition A story that is told by a character
    using 1st person pronouns like I, ME, MY
  • Ex I couldn't believe my eyes!

19
THIRD PERSONPOINT OF VIEW
  • Definition A story that is told by a narrator
    outside the story
  • Ex Joseph couldn't believe his eyes!

20
SETTING
  • Definition The place, time and circumstances
    surrounding a story
  • Ex
  • Freedom Writers
  • Setting,
  • 1990s Los Angeles
  • post-LA Riots

21
SIMILE
  • Definition
  • A comparison that uses like or as
  • Ex You sing like a bird!
  • You are as light as a feather!

22
SYMBOL
  • Definition a person, object or place that
    represents the meaning of something else
  • Ex

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THEME
  • Definition A message the author wants the reader
    to think about and understand
  • Ex Coming of Age, Identity,
  • Love Conquers All
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