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What is it called when an author uses one thing to represent something more abstract?
In other words, using something that represents something else (that the author deems important).
Symbolism
Answer can also include:
- metaphor
The "mockingjay" in Catching Fire is what type of literary device?
What does it represent?
Symbol / Rebellion, hope, fight against Capitol
Other acceptable answers:
- motif / metaphor
Suzanne Collins describes the arena as a hot, humid jungle, with dangerous creatures lurking around every corner.
She is using which literary device?
Imagery
Katniss sees President Snow sitting in her house (an ordinary setting) and says this is “like taking the lid off a pot and finding a fanged viper instead."
What type of figurative language is this (simile/metaphor/hyperbole)?
Simile
Who have Katniss and Peeta allied with (alive or not)? List everyone.
Mags, Finnick, Wiress, Beetee, Johanna
This is the term for a reference to a person, place, thing, event, or other work.
(Examples: Hot Cheetos are Ms. Knoche's Achilles heel. / Her smile rivaled the Mona Lisa.)
1.) Allusion
2.) Imagery
3.) Onomatopoeia
4.) Irony
Allusion
What type of figurative language is used (simile, metaphor, hyperbole, personification)?
“Peeta makes comments like this in such an offhand way, and it's like being hit in the gut” (Collins 153).
Simile
Not only does this reference the symbol of fire (with a hint of foreshadowing), this also includes which type of figurative language?
“District 12 is a kindling box.”
[Simile, metaphor, personification].
Metaphor
Which type of figurative language is used?
“Even without our personal speeches to trigger dissent— needless to say the ones we gave in District 11 were edited out before the event was broadcast—you can feel something in the air, the rolling boil of a pot about to run over” (Collins 128).
[Metaphor, hyperbole, simile].
Metaphor
The tributes face Jabberjays as one of the hourly dangers in the arena. Katniss and Finnick hear the voices of their loved ones. What are they concerned about?
If their loved ones are safe / how the Jabberjays were able to repeat the recordings -- were they tortured
This helps the reader to understand and visualize the setting. The author uses words to encourage the reader to recall mental images that engage one of the five senses.
Imagery
Katniss says she has "buckets of money" thanks to her winnings from the 74th Hunger Games
This is a [metaphor / simile / hyperbole]. Why?
Hyperbole.
It's an exaggeration. She does not literally have a large amount of money in physical buckets.
Various characters say the phrase, "remember who the real enemy is" throughout the book.
(This line is repeated and contributes to themes, character development, and the plot.)
What kind of literary device is this?
Motif
Plutarch's character's name references the real, ancient Greek philosopher, pointing to the character’s intelligence and cunning.
What type of literary device is this?
Allusion
List 4 of the hourly dangers.
Monkeys, blood rain, poisonous fog, wave, Jabberjays, "beast"
The close placement of things/concepts/circumstances to contrast or highlight their differences.
1.) Juxtaposition
2.) Alliteration
3.) Motif
Juxtaposition
Beetee compares Wiress to a canary. He then says that a canary dies when encountering something dangerous in the mines. Wiress then is killed by another dangerous tribute (alerting them).
What type of literary device is this?
Foreshadowing
When Katniss relays that "the trees whispered secrets to each other."
She is using what literary device?
Hint: what are the trees doing?
Personification
Foreshadowing is used when Plutarch gives Katniss a "hint" about the clock-based arena while at a party in the Capitol.
What does he say?
"It starts at midnight."
How is Haymitch sending messages to Katniss and the allies?
A repeated pattern, image, sound, word, symbol, etc.
(reinforces the themes of story & impacts the mood, tone, form, setting, etc.)
1.) Allusion
2.) Motif
3.) Alliteration
Motif
What does the pearl symbolize?
Think: Peeta gives this to Katniss / recalls what Effie says / how does this parallel or relate to their situation
Teacher discretion
Provide an example of juxtaposition in Catching Fire.
Think: comparing characters / comparing circumstances
Teacher discretion
A situation in which there is a contrast between what is expected and what actually occurs. (Could be situational, dramatic, or verbal --- term begins with the letter "i").
Examples in Catching Fire:
Katniss recieves more money for winning the Games than she can actually use in her lifetime. / The Reaping is held in front of the Justice Building.
Irony
Who do we discover is the person who Finnick loves? What is 1 thing that we know about her?
Annie
May include: she has "gone mad," she's another victor, she won her Game because she was the strongest swimmer, Mags volunteer for her in the Quell