Literary Devices
A comparison using "like" or "as" Ex. "Life is like a box of chocolates."
What is a simile?
A conversation between two or more people.
What is dialogue?
The main idea or main point that the author is making, or what the text is mostly about.
What is the central idea?
This is the MOST important sentence in the entire essay.
What is a thesis statement? The last sentence in the introductory paragraph. It is the guide for the entire essay and directly answers the questions of the writing prompt or the writer, states the objective of the task, the title of the work, and the author.
Ex: In their own creative adaptations, Bruegel, Williams, and Auden entertain ideas of failure in regard to Ovid’s character, the overly ambitious Icarus.
The feeling created by a piece of literature. Ex. Joyful, Mournful
What is mood?
Direct comparison Ex. "The front is a cage.
What is a metaphor?
Clues that hint at what is going to happen later in the plot.
What is foreshadowing?
When an author is instructing, entertaining, or persuading the reader.
What is the purpose?
If you are crunched on time, what are the important parts to include in your essay?
Thesis Statement
Body Paragraphs (3) which include evidence and in-text citations
The author/speaker's attitude toward the subject.
What is tone?
Gives human characteristics to non-humans. Ex. "The trees whispered in the breeze."
What is personification?
The moral or lesson that the story is trying to teach/convey.
What is theme?
What are the three methods of persuasion?
Ethos, Pathos, Logos
Ways to begin an introductory paragraph:
What are:
Providing background info about the topic
State a fact
Give a common misconception
Describe a problem
Relate the topic to a potential experience
When a character struggles with an internal or external force.
What is a conflict?
Extreme exaggeration. Ex. "I'm so hungry, I could eat a horse."
What is hyperbole?
A reference to a person, place, or another work of literature. Ex. In Persepolis, Marji talks about listening to Kim Wilde & Iron Maiden.
What is an allusion?
How many pieces of evidence must you have in each body paragraph?
At least two
These four things allow for a strong thesis statement
What is: include title/author, presents an opinion, addresses a prompt, addresses a claim?
When two opposite ideas are joined to create an effect Ex. Living death, jumbo shrimp
What is an oxymoron?
an object, person, situation, event, or action that represents something else.
What is a Symbol/Symbolism?
The positive or negative feelings/emotions that are associated with a word.
What is connotation?
What tools can an author use to develop their claim?
-Sentence & paragraph structure, -diction (word choice),
-rhetorical devices,
-figurative language,
-imagery
How should a research analysis task be organized?
Introduction paragraph
Body 1- discuss text 1 address the prompt
Body 2- discuss text 2 address the prompt
Body 3- discuss text 3 address the prompt
Conclusion paragraph- Reword your thesis, include all 3 texts, and summarize your main points that you made in the body paragraphs.
What must you include with your evidence?
Quote lead-in/intro
Citation after quotation marks with the period OUTSIDE the parenthesis.
(Author's last name page number).