LiteraryDevicePowerPoint (for PRINTING) Black and White

8/10/2019 LiteraryDevicePowerPoint (for PRINTING) Black and White

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LITERARY TERMSHOW TO SHOW NOT TELL


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Characterization

is the method used by a writer todevelop a harater!o

"#$ showi%& the harater'sappearance

o "($ displayi%& the harater's actionso ")$ reveali%& the harater's thoughts

o "*$ letti%& the harater speako "+$ &etti%& the reatio%s o, others!


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Confict

is the oppositio% betwee% oramo%& haraters or ,ores i% aliterary wor- that shapes ormotivates the atio% o, the plot!

.o%/it may be internalor

external!


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Types o Confict

"#$ Ma% vs! Ma% ")00$ "($ Ma% vs! Nature "Tita%i$ ")$ Ma% vs! Sel, "1i&ht .lub$ "*$ Ma% vs! Mahi%e "Matri2$

"+$ Ma% vs! Soiety "The 3ursuit o,Happy%ess$


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Setting

is the time a%d loatio% i% whiha story ta-es plae!


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PLOT

eve%ts that ma-e up a story4 partiularlyas they relate to o%e a%other i% a patter%4

i% a se5ue%e4 throu&h ause a%d e6et4how the reader views the story4 or simplyby oi%ide%e!


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Theme

is a broad idea i% a story4 or amessa&e or lesso% o%veyed by awor-!

Theme is NE7ER 8ust o%e word!

9Love: is%;t a theme < 9Love e%dures all thi%&s: is atheme


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How to Find the Theme in a Work

#! As- yoursel,4 9What is the wor- about=:>>>>>>

(! As- yoursel,4 9What about >>>>>>>>>>=:


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Foreshadowing

is a literary devie i% whih a%author drops subtle hi%ts about

plot developme%ts to ome lateri% the story!


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Point o !iew

is the perspetive o% eve%ts o, the%arrator or a partiular harater i% a

story

#st perso%? >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> (%d perso%? >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> )rd perso%? >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>


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"oti

is a% importa%t a%d sometimesreurri%& theme or idea i% a

wor- o, literature!


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Tone

is the attitude toward thesubjecta%d


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"ood

is the atmosphere or state o,mi%d o, a wor-!


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#iction

is a writer;s hoie o, words4phrases4 se%te%e strutures4 a%d

@&urative la%&ua&e whihombi%e to help reate mea%i%&!


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F$%&'(T$!) L(*%&(%)

To desribe somethi%& byompari%& it to somethi%& else!

oSimi+eo(na+ogyo

"etaphor


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"etaphor

is a ompariso% o, two u%li-e thi%&susi%& the verb to be "am4 are4

was4 were4 et!$ i%stead o, usi%&Bli-e; or Bas;!

e2! Her words arebutter/ies! e2! I am a% old aba%do%ed house!


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Simi+e

is a ompariso% betwee% twodi6ere%t thi%&s usi%& Bli-e; or

Bas;!

e2! 9You spi% a story +ikea spider spi%s her

web!: e2! He 8umped asi, his ,eet were o% @re!


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,oomorphism

the use o, a%imal ,orms i% art orsymbolism!

e2! 9The purri%& sidewal-!:


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(++usion

is a -rie reerenceto aperso%4 eve%t4 or plae4 real or

@titious4 or to a wor- o, art!

e2! I am %ot the type to say4 9To i%@%ity a%d beyo%d!:Rather4 I am a% aw-ward di%osaur or a threeCeyed

alie%!


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.(++egory

a wor- i% whih the haraters a%deve%ts are to be u%derstood as

represe%ti%& other thi%&s a%dsymbolially e2pressi%& a deeper4 o,te%spiritual4 moral4 or politial mea%i%&!

e2! The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe


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Sym-o+ism

is the use o, symbols to represe%tsomethi%& abstrat by somethi%&

o%rete!

e2! The olor white o,te% symboliDes purity!


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$rony

i%o%&ruity betwee% what atuallyhappe%s a%d what mi&ht be e2peted to

happe%!

e2! The @rema%;s house bur%t dow%!


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Satire

is the use o, wit4 espeially iro%y4sarasm4 a%d ridiule4 to riti5ue politis

a%d soiety!

e2! South 3ar- e2! The Simpso%s


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Hyper-o+e

is a deliberate a%d obvious e/aggerationused ,or e6et!

e2! I alled you a billio% times a%d you %ever pi-edup

e2! I wor-ed a shi,t that seemed to last ,orever!


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Parody

is a piee o, writi%& that deliberatelycopies a%other wor- i% order to

omme%t or riti5ue it!

e2! Ti%a 1ey parodies Sarah 3ali% o% SNL!


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L$T)'(L L(*%&(%)

TO #)SC'$0) SO")TH$*%(S $T $S1


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Stream o consciousness

is a literary style that prese%ts aharater;s o%ti%uous ra%dom

/ow o, thou&hts as they arise!


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$magery

is writi%& or la%&ua&e that evo-eso%e or all o, the @ve se%ses!


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O/ymoron

is putti%& two o%traditory wordsto&ether!

e2! Fumbo shrimp


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Pastiche

is a piee o, writi%& that deliberatelycopies a%other wor- yet does not

commentor riti5ue it!

e2! Every Family Guyepisode!


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Personi2cation

is &ivi%& huma% 5ualities to i%a%imateob8ets!

e2! The su% smiled dow% o% us! e2! The &ate s5uaw-ed losed!


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(++iteration

is the repetitiono, i%itial sou%ds i%%ei&hbori%& words &e%erally more tha% (words!

e2! 9We wi%- whe% widowswi%e!!!:


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(na+ogy

is the comparisono, two pairs thathave the same relatio%ship!

e2! Teahers are the bour&eoisie as stude%tsare the proletariat!


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"etonymy

is substituti%& a word ,or a%other wordlosely assoiated with it!

e2! .alli%& the polie Bpi&s; or Bthe ,uDD;!


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Parado/

is a stateme%t4 propositio%4 or situatio%that seems to be absurd or

o%traditory4 but i% ,at is or may betrue!

e2! BEverythi%& be&i%s where it e%ds!; e2! BThe @rst shall be last!;

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