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
The claim is in the ___________________ paragraph.
Introduction
He looked across the sea and knew how alone he was now. Everything was calm. The clouds were building up now for the trade wind and he looked ahead and saw a flight of wild ducks etching themselves against the sky over the water, then blurring, then etching again and he knew no man was ever alone on the sea.
"STAY AWAY FROM ME!!!!!"
Three ways to start a central idea are:
- Sometimes...
- In life,...
- It is important...
Which writing strategy:
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.
"They were careless people, Tom and Daisy—they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made."
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
- Central Idea
- Writing Strategy
- Evidence
- Analysis (Explanation)
When a non-human thing has human characteristics
Personification
(The sky looked angry. = It looked like it was going to storm.)
The 1st Body Paragraph is about _________________.
The 2nd Body Paragraph is about ________________.
Reason #1
Reason #2
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.
Write a claim for the following question:
Should the government have a role in regulating or restricting abortion?
OR
The government should not have a role in regulating or restricting abortion.
How many different texts do you need to use evidence from in your essay?
Three (3)