SIFT
SIFT is a strategy to help you analyze _________ a little deeper by looking for stylistic techniques used by the author to create a tone or theme.
What is Literature?
A comparison of two unlike things using like or as.
What is Simile?
A comparison of two unlike things without the use of like or as.
What is Metaphor?
Description that by appealing to the senses.
What is Imagery?
SIFT is a _________ to help you analyze literature a little deeper by looking for stylistic techniques used by the author to create a tone or theme.
What is Strategy?
Usually the opposite of what is expected.
What is Irony?
Words that imitate the sound of an action.
What is Onomatopoeia?
Consists of words or phrases that describe one thing in terms of something else.
What is Figurative Language?
A reference to a mythological, literary, or historical person, place, or thing.
What is Allusion?
An object, person, place that has meaning in itself and represents an abstract idea.
What is a Symbol?
An overstatement or an understatement to exaggerate an idea.
What is Hyperbole?
A character does something that has different meanings from what he or she understands. The audience and other characters know the implications of this action or speech.
What is Dramatic Irony?
"The wind whispered through the tall leafy trees."
What is Personification?
The speaker or narrator says one thing but means the opposite.
What is Verbal Irony?
A situation that turns out differently than one would normally expect.
What is Situational Irony?
A deep-sea diver drowns in a small lake.
What is situational irony?