Literary Devices
What device is used in “drummed, sang and war-cried”?
What is Imagery?
This point of view is used in most of Read’s articles
What is third-person point of view?
This AOE focuses on how language creates meaning
What is Readers, Writers and Texts?
This person is the main figure in Article 4
Who is Frances Widdowson?
This device is used in “they cannot put handcuffs on a totem pole”
What is personification?
This is the reason Read includes quotes from Indigenous voices
What is to add credibility and perspective?
This AOE focuses on historical and cultural context
What is Time and Space?
This event caused the crisis in Article 2
What is a power outage / hydro failure?
This device is shown when survivor experiences are compared to “false memories”
What is juxtaposition?
This is the effect of prioritizing survivor voices in Article 4
What is building emotional connection?
This AOE focuses on connections between texts
What is Intertextuality?
This is what the Nuxalk people are resisting in Article 3
What is a gold mining project?
This device is shown through repeated numbers like “3,383”
What is repetition?
This writing style makes the article feel real and based on actual events
What is a documentary-style approach?
This AOE would analyze colonial history in these articles
What is Time and Space?
This tragedy occurred at the orphanage in Article 1
What is thousands of children dying and being buried?
This device is used in “We have the best water in the world”
What is hyperbole?
This is the reason Read moves away from full neutrality
What is to guide the reader’s perspective on important issues?
This AOE analyzes how news articles follow or break conventions
What is Intertextuality?
This is a shared theme across all four articles
What is Indigenous resistance and the impact of colonialism? (2)