Literary Devices
the place, time, and location that a story takes place
What is Setting?
You learn this from the central idea.
What is the lesson or message?
A form of writing that presents a particular claim or idea and supports it with evidence.
What is an argument?
The unique and diverse stories of individuals who make up America
What is the American Experience?
The aroma from the sizzling bacon snuck up the stairs and attacked my nostrils, lifting me from my slumber.
What is Imagery
The struggle between two opposing forces in literature.
This is what the passage is mainly about.
What is the central idea?
What is a hook?
A uniquely American vision created by a feeling of optimism and unlimited opportunity
What is the American Dream
I want to tell them the truth about how I really feel. But what if they don't feel the same way? It's a huge risk. I cannot decide what to do, I am so torn!
What is an internal conflict?
The characteristics that represent a fictional character in a narrative
What is characterization?
You most often find the central idea here.
What is the beginning of paragraphs?
Arguments made by the other side.
What is a counterclaim?
Structures that writers use to develop a text.
What is Literary Devices?
The perspective from which a story is told.
What is Point of View
The use of one object to represent or suggest another
What is symbolism?
What is a sentence?
The answer to an argument prompt?
What is the claim?
An idea/concept to look at a text through, think of them as glasses that help you read a text differently
i.e. the American Dream, American Values, and Immigrant Experience are examples of...
What is Literary Lenses?
Turn the phrase "free of any flaws" into a single word.
What is "flawless"?
The use of sensory details to create vivid pictures in writing
What is imagery?
This supports a central idea.
What is evidence?
Usually, it's the minimum number of paragraphs in an argument.
What is five?
Name the three anchor texts we read excerpts from at the beginning of this unit!
"Where the Lines Bleed" by Jesamyn Ward
"9/11: Notes from the Midwest" by David Foster Wallace
"Two of a Kind" by Amy Tan
I am a rock, I am an island.
What is a metaphor?