Literary Elements
Something that stands for something else
Symbol
One of Paul’s classmates who was viewed as book smart and intelligent
Muller
Which of the following best illustrates fellowship or camaraderie?
a) Paul and Kat sitting together late at night roasting the stolen goose.
b) Mueller’s desire for Kemmerich’s boots
c) Paul instructing the new recruits
d) Himmelstoss and Tjaden’s developing friendship
A.
Every citation should begin with…
A lead in
"The roar of the guns makes our lorry stagger, the reverberation rolls raging away to the rear, everything quakes" (Remarque 53).
Alliteration
Define Motif
a distinctive feature or dominant idea in an artistic or literary composition.
Motivates the group of boys to enlist by saying “Won’t you join up comrades?"
Kantorek
The setting of the novel is ________(direction)__________ Europe during _____(which war)_______.
Western, WWI
In MLA, dates are written in this format.
Day Month Year
“This is the front, now we are within its embrace” (Remarque 53).
Personification
an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.
Allusion
He wet the bed, causing him to be bullied by the commanding officer
Tjaden
The narrator says Katczinsky has a “sixth sense” because:
He has an uncanny ability to find food and provisions for the company
What is the general minimum amount of sources required for research?
3
“if you train a dog to eat potatoes and then afterwards put a piece of meat in front of him, he’ll snap at it, it’s his nature. And if you give a man a little bit of authority he behaves just the same way, he snaps at it too. The things are precisely the same. In himself man is essentially a beast” (Remarque 44).
metaphor
Omniscient: all knowing, knows all characters thoughts and feelings.
Limited: Only knows one
Who says, "Give ‘em all the same grub and all the same pay, and the war would be over and done in a day."
Katczinsky
Adding to the horror of the bombardment in Chapter 4 is the fact that it takes place in a _________________.
Cemetery, Graveyard
Works Cited Page is also referred to as the ___________ and in-text citations can also be referred to as ______________________.
Bibliography, parenthetical citations
"He has thought of everything" (Remarque 39).
Hyperbole
A literary device in which contradictory statements or situations reveal a reality that is different from what appears to be true.
Irony
Which two soldiers are put on trial for insubordination towards Himmelstoss?
Kropp and Tjaden
What does Tjaden do to Himmelstoss when ordered by Himmelstoss to stand?
Moons him
Works Cited Pages require this kind of indent.
Hanging indent
What POV is this?
Third Person Omniscient