Figurative Language
A comparison using the word "like" or "as".
Simile
A more academic way of referring to word choice.
Diction
Who is the main character?
Scrooge
The way the reader feels while taking in the text.
Mood
What helps to create theme?
Author's purpose
My computer hates me.
Personification
A more academic way of referring to sentence structure.
Syntax
Who wrote the story orginally?
Charles Dickens
Tone
What helps to create mood or tone?
Dialogue, Setting, Diction
The shopping cost me a million dollars.
Hyperbole (exaggeration)
Speaking casually, in dialect, or using slang.
Colloquialism
Which occurred first? Scrooge sees Cratchits eating Christmas dinner or Scrooge sees himself as a child.
Scrooge sees himself as a child.
Which POV uses you, yours, etc. pronouns?
2nd Person
Why would someone use imagery in their writing?
To allow the audience to paint a mental picture.
Got up on the wrong side of the bed.
Idiom
Using speech specific to an occupation.
Jargon
What element of drama is this an example of?
Oh, Scrooge—he was a tight-fisted hand at the grindstone, he was. A squeezing,
wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous old sinner, to be sure! Secret, self-
contained, and solitary as an oyster. He carried his own low temperature with him
everywhere he went; he iced his office in the dog-days, and didn't thaw it one degree at
Christmas.
Narration
Is the word "blue" used in the connotative or denotative sense?
Sally is feeling pretty blue today.
Connotative
Any tool a writer may use (imagery, metaphors, etc.) to convey a theme or purpose.
Literary Device
Saying the opposite of what you really mean.
Irony (Verbal)
Makes up author's voice or style.
Tone, mood, diction, syntax all together.
What are three major themes of A Christmas Carol?
Rich vs. Poor, Redemption, Time, Gratitude, Generosity, Forgiveness, Family, Relationships
Label each as positive, neutral, or negative:
Peculiar, Unique, Different
Different = Neutral
Peculiar = Negative