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 writing strategy is about date, time or place?
setting
What is central idea?
A universal message or lesson of a text that is also true about life
(Theme)
Which part of the Regents is the Argument Essay?
What is the date for the ELA regents?
Friday, June 14th
"As he felt the first watery eggs of sweat moistening the palms of his hands"
Imagery
What writing strategy helps you understand a character's personality?
characterization
How many writing strategies do you need to include in your text analysis essay?
1!
What do you need to include in your introduction paragraph for the argument essay?
The topic, your position and two (2) reasons!
How long do you have to take the exam?
If you were exempt from the NYSESLAT you have three hours and no bilingual dictionary.
"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 and Imagery
What writing strategy is when an object represents another thing or idea?
Symbolism
How many examples of the central idea and writing strategies do you need to include in your text analysis essay?
2!
The name of the other (opposite) position of the argument
Counterclaim
What are the key parts of the argument essay?
claim and counterclaim
+ evidence and analysis
"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 and imagery
What writing strategy uses taste, sound, touch, smell or sight?
imagery
Which part of the regents is the text analysis essay?
Part 3!
How many different texts do you need to use evidence from in your essay?
3 (Three)
What are the key parts of the text analysis essay?
central idea and writing strategy
"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
What writing strategy shows a problem? What are the two types. Describe them.
conflict.
internal and external.
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.
6 (Six)
What does MIQAL stand for?
main idea
introduce quote
quote
analysis
link