Literary Devices/Writing Strategies
Colors in literature:
Red - love, anger, passion
Blue - calmness, tranquility
Yellow - happiness
White - purity, innocence
Black - evil, death, elegance
Symbolism
Seasons in literature:
Spring - Birth
Summer - Youth
Autumn - Old Age
Winter - Death
Symbolism
What is central idea?
A universal message or lesson of a text that is also true about life
(Theme)
Descriptive language using elements of the five (5) senses
Imagery
What are the names of the 5 paragraphs in an Argumentative Essay?
Introduction, Body Paragraph 1, Body Paragraph 2, Counterclaim, Conclusion
"All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and their entrances."
Metaphor (the world is a stage)
"A hospital bed is a parked taxi with the meter running."
Metaphor
How many paragraphs are in a Text Analysis Response? (Part 3)
2 (Two)
Should I go to the movies or get my homework done?
Person vs. Self (Internal Conflict)
The name of the other (opposite) position of the argument
Counterclaim
"When Mr. and Mrs. Dursley woke up on the dull, gray Tuesday our story starts, there was nothing about the cloudy sky outside to suggest that strange and mysterious things would soon be happening all over the country. Mr. Dursley hummed as he picked out his most boring tie for work, and Mrs. Dursley gossiped away happily as she wrestled a screaming Dudley into his high chair."
Setting OR Imagery
"TITANIA: No night is now with hymn or carol blessed.
Therefore the moon, the governess of floods,
Pale in her anger, washes all the air,
That rheumatic diseases do abound."
Personification (of the moon)
The text analysis response connects the _________________________ of the story to a _________________________ the author uses.
central idea, writing strategy
The text analysis response connects the central idea of the story to a writing strategy the author uses.
Actions (what they do)
Speech (what they say)
Thoughts (what they think)
Appearance (how they look, expressions)
Reactions from other people
Characterization
Position (opinion) + 2 reasons
Claim
" In the period of which we speak, there reigned in the cities a stench barely conceivable to us modern men and women. The streets stank of manure, the courtyards of urine, the stairwells stank of moldering wood and rat droppings, the kitchens of spoiled cabbage and mutton fat; the unaired parlors stank of stale dust, the bedrooms of greasy sheets, damp featherbeds, and the pungently sweet aroma of chamber pots. The stench of sulfur rose from the chimneys, the stench of caustic lyes from the tanneries, and from the slaughterhouses came the stench of congealed blood. People stank of sweat and unwashed clothes; from their mouths came the stench of rotting teeth, from their bellies that of onions, and from their bodies, if they were no longer very young, came the stench of rancid cheese and sour milk and tumorous disease."
Imagery (the sense of smell)
"A hot wind was blowing around my head, the strands of my hair lifting and swirling in it, like ink spilled in water."
Simile
What strategy do we use to write a text analysis response?
MIQAL + IQAL
Main idea
Introduce the evidence (context)
Quote (evidence)
Analysis
Link (connection)
When a non-human thing has human characteristics
Personification
(The sky looked angry. = It looked like it was going to storm.)
What do you need in your introduction?
Hook, Context, CLAIM (position & 2 reasons)
Which TWO literary devices are in this text?
"A host, of golden daffodils; Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze."
Imagery AND Personification (daffodils dancing)
"The day passed away thus: Edmond felt a species of stupor creeping over him; the gnawing pain at his stomach had ceased; his thirst had abated; when he closed his eyes he saw myriads of lights dancing before them, like the meteors that play about the marshes."
Simile
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.
Literary device in which the author gives clues about events that will happen later in the story.
Foreshadowing
How many different texts do you need to use evidence from in your essay?
Three (3)