Definitions (FL)
Comparing two objects using like or as.
Simile
The climate of emotional feeling in a literary work (how the author wants the READER to feel).
Mood
Simile
When Snow White eats the apple handed to her by the witch, we as the audience know that it has been cursed and is poisoned. We can only sit by and helplessly watch her take a bite, sending her into an unending sleep.
Dramatic Irony
“You feel your heart race, and the air around you seems to crystalize. But the only way forward is to move your feet.
Second Person Point of View: a literary technique where the narrator uses the word "you" to address the reader or another character, making readers feel like they are part of the story.
Using extreme exaggeration.
Hyperbole
The central idea (big idea) that the writer wishes to convey about the subject and/or the writer’s view of the world or human nature.
Theme
I couldn't believe I had been tricked! All of a sudden I remembered back to a summer long ago when my brother and I had gone to stay with our grandparents in the country.
Flashback
What is a dynamic character?
First person point of view. In writing, the first person point of view uses the pronouns “I,” “me,” “we,” and “us,” in order to tell a story from the narrator's perspective.
Conflict the character has outside of themselves (character vs. character, character vs. society, character vs. nature, character vs. technology/machine, character vs. the supernatural)
External conflict
Verbal Irony (Sarcasm)
Once upon a time, there was a little girl who lived with her mother. Her mother asked her to take some food to her elderly and lonely grandmother.
"Don't stop along the way. Go straight to your grandma's house and back. Don't talk to any strangers, and watch out for the wolf in the woods!"
What is the italicized portion of the sentence an example of?
Foreshadowing: the author’s use of written hints or clues to suggest what will happen later in the story
The parade marched down the street. It was led by a caped drummer. He set a stately pace and tapped the accompanying rhythm. A marching band followed behind him, matching his pace. Behind the band were floats of all sizes and designs. Children and adults were riding on the floats, tossing out penny candies, streamers, and plastic prizes. The street was lined with people. The noises of revelry filled the streets.
Third Person Objective: the author uses third person objective to describe what is happening in the story but he does not reveal the inner thoughts and feelings of the characters.
Reports events in a factual way, without sharing any characters’ hidden thoughts or feelings (objective = facts)
Objective narrator
The empty chairs faced each other between the silent walls, and the music played.
At ten o'clock the house began to die.
The fire crackled up the stairs. It fed upon Picasso paintings in the upper halls, like delicacies, baking off the oily flesh, tenderly crisping the canvases into black shavings.
Now the fire lay in beds, stood in windows, changed the colors of drapes!
But the fire was clever. It rushed back into every closet and felt of the clothes hung there before it backed off.
What is personification?
Imagery
It was a dark and stormy night.
In her attic bedroom Margaret Murry, wrapped in an old patchwork quilt, sat on the foot of her bed and nervously watched the trees tossing in the frenzied lashing of the wind. Behind the trees, clouds scudded frantically across the sky. Every few moments the moon ripped through them, creating wraith-like shadows that raced along the ground.
The house shook.
Wrapped in her quilt, Meg shook and wondered when the storm would end.
Third Person Limited: The narrator is an outsider who sees into the mind of ONE of the characters (can share the thoughts and feelings of only ONE character).
The term for all of the devices a writer uses to give the reader a better description and understanding of what is happening in the story or poem. We are reviewing this RIGHT NOW!
Figurative Language or Literary Devices
Jonas," she said, turning to him, but speaking in a voice that the entire community could hear, "the training required of you involves pain. Physical pain."
He felt fear flutter within him. "You have never experienced that.
Yes, you have scraped your knees in falls from your bicycle. Yes, you crushed your finger in a door last year."
What is alliteration? (The f sound is repeated) What is assonance? (The U sound is repeated)
“She dances with the grace of a swan.”
“She was the Cinderella of the ball.”
“He’s her knight in shining armor.”
Allusion
“She dances with the grace of a swan.” – An allusion to the elegant bird often associated with ballet.
“She was the Cinderella of the ball.” – An allusion to the fairytale character, suggesting a transformation from rags to riches or being the center of attention.
“He’s her knight in shining armor.” – An allusion to medieval chivalry, suggesting a protector or hero.
“As the campers settled into their tents, Zara hoped her eyes did not betray her fear, and Lisa silently wished for the scary night to quickly end.”
Third Person Omniscient — Multiple characters’ emotions and inner thoughts are available to the reader.