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The writer's attitude toward his or her audience and subject
Author's Tone
The time, place and social context of a story
Setting
The message about life that the writer wants to communicate
Theme
All the meanings, associations, or emotions that a word suggests.
Meanings that go beyond the dictionary definition
Connotation
From what point of view is this written?
"She is your sister, and she is a part of our family. You will not treat her like that!" Mom yelled in the midst of her rampage. I can't explain why she was so mad at me. Maybe Sophia told her a lie. The truth is, I was so busy trying to keep my own activities together that I barely even noticed Sophia, or mom for that matter, but this was something new. "You walk around this place like a stranger apart!" Mom continued. I didn't even know what that meant. I didn't want to bother to think about it either. I just wanted her to stop yelling at me.
1st POV
What type of irony?
If you call someone who has failed a math test "Einstein".
Verbal Irony
The action and sequence of events in a story
Plot
What type of irony?
In real life, an ambulance comes to a woman's house to take her to the hospital, hopefully, to save her life. On the way to the hospital, the ambulance is hit by a semi-truck, and everyone onboard the ambulance is killed.
Situational Irony
Contradictory or opposite terms.
What is an oxymoron?
Use of words and details that appeal to the five senses.
Imagery
the feeling created in the reader by the author's use of details, word choice, and sentence length.
Mood
What type of characterization?
Jeff walked up to Mark and took his sandwich off of his plate. He took a bite, smirked at Mark, and then walked away.
Indirect Characterization
A reasonable conclusion about something that has happened or will happen in the story based on certain clues or facts provided by the author.
Inference
What type of characterization?
Jeff was a mean boy.
Joe's boss was stingy and rude.
Clarissa was the nicest girl in school.
Direct Characterization
What literary technique is being used?
Mike felt as confident as ever when he started his boat engine that day. He noticed a few clouds gathering overhead, but did not worry about them.
Foreshadowing
From what point of view is this written?
Walter crumpled the business section of the newspaper. He couldn't believe the headline: "Zanogram Sold for 4 Billions Smackaroos!" He could recall starting that company with his partner Zap just a few years earlier. Now Walter had nothing and was riding the bus while Zap took champagne bubble baths. The bus driver noticed that Walter looked distressed. He was genuinely concerned about Walter, but he had learned a long time ago not to pry into the fare's affairs.
3rd Person Omniscient
From what point of view is this written?
"Crash!" The sound of falling bowling pins fills the air. You walk to the counter and address the attendant. You mention that he has given you shoes in the wrong size. He politely corrects the error. You walk back to your party. It is your turn. You put on your shoes, find your ball, and approach the lane. You wait until the lanes are clear. Then you waddle up to the lane and roll the ball between your legs, grandma style. Your friends cheer. The bumpers ensure that the roll is devastating.
2nd Person POV
What type of irony?
Romeo arrives at the Capulet family tomb to find his love, Juliet supposedly dead. However, the audience knows that Juliet is not dead; she merely took a potion to make it look like she died for her motives.
Dramatic Irony
An is a figure of speech whereby the author refers to a subject matter such as a place, event, or literary work by way of a passing reference. It is up to the reader to make a connection to the subject being mentioned.
Allusion
What literary technique is being used?
Mary heard the bells ring in the distance. She thought about the time not too long ago when that sound would make her break into a sprint. Now it was that time again. She was running so that she would not be late for school. Oh, how she disliked the sound of bells.
Flashback
3 things that were "alluded" to in "Oh Captain! My Captain!
Abraham Lincoln - Captain
The War - Fateful trip
The Civil War was won by the Union & slavery was ended - Prize won
In "Lamb to the Slaughter" the leg of the lamb represents someone in the story. What do we call this literary technique?
Double the points if you state the specific name
Symbolism
Mary
What literary technique is being used
Yes, he had been trying to comfort himself with these suppositions: but he had found all in vain. All in vain; because Death, in approaching him had stalked with his black shadow before him, and enveloped the victim.
Personification
From what point of view is this written?
A young girl in a scout uniform knocked on the front door of a white mansion. A man wearing a tuxedo with tails answered the door. "May I help you?" the man asked. The young girl began speaking, "Would you like to buy some cookies? Some of the proceeds go to charity." The man cut off the young girl by saying, "Let me see if the head of the home is available." The young girl smiled and straightened the buttons on her uniform.
3rd Person Objective
From what point of view is this written?
Bones loaded the rifle on his lap. He wasn't sure he could win, but he knew he wasn't going down without a fight. He wasn't afraid, but he was nervous with anticipation. He knew that they were coming. Then three men on ATVs pulled up to his house. They were wearing leather jackets with red skulls on the back. One of the men wore a yellow band on his arm. He had a green Mohawk. He was the one who screamed, "Give us the girl and we'll let you live." Bones didn't believe them. He looked at the girl. Bones thought that she looked scared. He would never let them have her.
3rd Person Limited