Literary Terms ProjectBy: Amy Nguyen

Period 3

Objective: S.W.B.A.T. understand the meaning of these 5 literary terms:

Clause

Colloquial

Conceit

Connotation

Denotation

Clause, not Santa Clause

Independent clause- a subject + a verb.

Dependent clause- additional information joined together with an IC by a conjunction.

Examples:

1.Carmen walked to the bus stop.

2.His arms were crossed, and he looked impatient.

3.Sometime after the second dragon appeared, Tibby heard the battery die.

*Conjunctions: ,FANBOYS

;

; long conjunction,

So how does slang-I mean, colloquialism, work?

Colloquial is defined as the use of slang words or informal language in English composition.

Examples:

1.De mayor of uh town lak dis can’t lay round home too much.

2.There’s a party this Saturday at my crib.

3.We pulled an all-nighter to finish the AP US assignment.

What is a conceit?

Often found in poetry, a conceit is basically an extravagant comparison between 2 different objects.

Examples:

1.“Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?”-William Shakespeare

2.“There is no frigate like a book”-Emily Dickinson

3.Ethnic diversity is what unites our nation.

Connotation vs. Denotation

Words that associate with feelings to carry out an idea.

Examples:

1. Blue sky-infinity and beyond with clouds representing all the possibilities

2. Anchor-support/stability

3. Thirsting-anxious to capture prey

Generally the dictionary definition which tells exactly as it is.

Examples:

1. Blue sky-upper atmosphere of earth

2. Anchor-device that keeps a ship from floating away to sea

3. Thirsting-craving for water

Don’t Forget!

Like grammar/spelling, sentence structure does matter!

American slang should be avoided at all times in essay writing unless you’re writing your own book.

Remember that conceit is just a metaphor, and nothing too complicated.

Denotation takes the emotion away, so connotation has to put the fun and feelings into a word.

Works Cited

Brashares, Ann. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. New York: Alloy Entertainment. 2001.

Cisneros, Sandra. The House on Mango Street. New York: Vintage Books. 1984

“Glossary of Poetry Terms.” infoplease.com. 2007. Pearson Education, Inc. 29 September 2011

Huston, Zora Neale. Their Eyes Were Watching God. New York: HarperCollins Publishers. 1937.