Literary Devices/Writing Strategies: Examples in Text
"Her hat was black, and from it drooped and fluttered an ebon veil, filmy as a spider’s web. She stood on the top step and drew on black silk gloves. Not a speck of white or a spot of color about her dress anywhere."
Characterization (appearance)
Imagery (sight)
What is the date for the ELA Regents 2024?
What is the central idea?
A universal message or lesson of a text that is also true about life.
A way for the author to relate to the readers through the story.
Descriptive language using elements of the five (5) senses
Imagery
What information do you need to include in your introductory paragraph?
Your position (claim) and two reasons
"As he felt the first watery eggs of sweat moistening the palms of his hands"
Imagery (sight)
How many parts are there on the ELA Regents exam?
3 (Multiple Choice, Argument and Text Analysis)
How many writing strategies should you identify in your text analysis essay?
1 (one)
Should I go to the movies or get my homework done?
Person vs. Self (Internal Conflict)
What is the name of the other (opposite) position of the argument
Counterclaim
"Here he was, isolated on a vertical iron ladder flat to the side of a gasometer and bound to climb higher and higher until he should reach the vertiginous skyward summit"
Setting (the ladder)
Imagery (sight)
"TITANIA: No night is now with hymn or carol blessed.
Therefore the moon, the governess of floods,
Pale in her anger, washes all the air,
That rheumatic diseases do abound."
Personification (of the moon)
The text analysis response connects the _________________________ of the story to a _________________________ the author uses.
central idea, writing strategy
The text analysis response connects the central idea of the story to a writing strategy the author uses.
Actions (what they do)
Speech (what they say)
Thoughts (what they think)
Appearance (how they look, expressions)
Reactions from other people
Characterization
How many texts do you need to read and annotate for the argumentative essay?
4 (Four)
"Flegg, clutching his body close to the rust, made small weeping sounds through his mouth. Shivering, shuddering, he began to tread up again, working his knees and elbows outward like a frog, so that his stomach could feel the firm rungs".
Character (actions)
Imagery (sight)
"A hot wind was blowing around my head, the strands of my hair lifting and swirling in it, like ink spilled in water."
Simile
What strategy do we use to write a text analysis response?
MIQAL
Main idea
Introduce the evidence (context)
Quote (evidence)
Analysis
Link (connection)
The time and place of a story
Setting
How many texts do you need to include as evidence for in your argumentative essay?
3 (Three)
"How could he ever have wished this on himself? How easy it had been to laugh away his cautionary fears on the firm ground … now he would give the very hands that clung to the ladder for a safe conduct to solid earth".
Internal Conflict
Characterization
"The day passed away thus: Edmond felt a species of stupor creeping over him; the gnawing pain at his stomach had ceased; his thirst had abated; when he closed his eyes he saw myriads of lights dancing before them, like the meteors that play about the marshes."
Simile
What are 5 possible writing strategies you can use in your Text Analysis Response?
Imagery, Conflict, Symbolism, Metaphor, Mood, Tone, Setting, Characterization, Point of View, Personification, Irony, Flashback, etc.
Literary device when the author uses one object or thing to represent an idea.
Symbolism
How many total points can you earn for the argumentative essay?
6