Vocabulary Challenge

Try to use as many vocabulary words in one of the following ways: unrelated sentences, a paragraph, a poem, or another type of written expression. Use your glossary if needed.

1.acute 2. crevice 3. derision 4.hypocritical

5. audacity 6.stealthily 7.stifled

8.conceived 9.vehemently 10.vex

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Symbol

Symbol - A person, place, or object that has a concrete meaning in itself

and also stands for something beyond itself, such as an idea or

feeling

Example

American flag is a symbol of patriotism and a love for

one’s country.

Why Authors Use Symbolism

Many authors embed subtle images into their work to

make it deeper, richer, more meaningful and colorful.

Writers may also use symbolism to allude to a mood or feeling without

coming out and stating that particular emotion.

For example, a lily to

represent purity or a ray of

sunshine to

represent hope.

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Common Symbols in Literaturelily – purity

heart - love

grim reaper – death phoenix - rebirth

sunshine – hope

cross - salvation

Symbols in The Tell-Tale Heart

The eye- someone watching, guilt, all knowing

The watch- represents time, the ticking of a watch is equated to a

countdown to death- the beating of a heart represents life ticking away .

Alliteration

Alliteration-the repetition of consonant sounds in words.

Example

“Prune Pits, Peach Pits, Orange Peel

Sarah Cynthia Silvia Stout, wouldn’t take the garbage out”

–Shel Silverstein

Imagery

Imagery-descriptive words and phrases that re-create sensory

experiences for the reader. Imagery usually appeals to one or more of the

five senses—sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch—to help the reader

imagine exactly what is being described.

Imagery Sight

After Apple-Picking - magnified apples appear and disappear...every

fleck of russet showing clear

Birches - the iced branches shed "crystal shells "

Imagery Sound

After Apple-Picking - the rumbling of load on load of apples coming in

The Runaway - the miniature thunder... the clatter of stone

Imagery Smell

To Earthward - musk from hidden grapevine springs

Out, Out - the sticks of wood "sweet scented stuff“

Unharvested - A scent of ripeness from over a wall...smelling the

sweetness in no theft.

Imagery Taste

Blueberries - the blueberries as big as your thumb...with the flavor of

soot

A Record Stride - the walking boots that taste of Atlantic and Pacific

Imagery Touch

The Witch of Coos - the bed linens might just as well be ice and the

clothes snow

On Going Unnoticed - You grasp the bark by a rugged pleat,/ And

look up small from the forest's feet.

Allusion

Allusion: A brief, usually indirect reference to a person, place, or event--real or fictional

(usually well-known).

Example

"I was not born in a manger. I was actually born on Krypton and sent here by my father, Jor-el, to save

the Planet Earth.“

-Barack Obama

Example

“He was a real Romeo with the ladies.”

- Romeo was a character in Shakespeare’s play, Romeo and Juliet, who expressed his love

romantically

Repetition

Repetition - a technique in which a sound, word, phrase,

or line is repeated for emphasis or unity

Example

I looked upon the rotting sea, 

And drew my eyes away;

I looked upon the rotting deck,

And there the dead men lay. 

"Rime of the

Ancient Mariner"

by Coleridge

Tone

TONE- the author or speaker’s

ATTITUDE towards a subject

Tone is all about the author's attitude and is what readers can infer about the writer or narrator through word

choice, phrasing, and figurative language

Mood

Mood - the atmosphere created, the way the literature makes the

reader feel

Mood how a written work makes ME

feel

REMEMBER

Tone is created by the author’s choice of words

Mood is the feeling created in the reader

Will all readers identify

the same mood when

reading the same

text?

How to use tone and mood

What can the tone and mood of a piece of literature tell us about the theme?

What is the author trying to communicate with the tone?

Thinking about the tone and your mood while you read can help you gain a deeper

understanding and discover the meaning in the text.