Identify examples 1
What is this line an example of:
"“Hope is the thing with feathers”
- Emily Dickinson
Metaphor - a direct comparison between two unlike things without the words "like" or "as."
The sequence of events that make up a story
Plot
What is this line an example of:
""War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength."
- George Orwell, 1984
Oxymoron - a figure of speech that pairs two contradictory or opposing words together
The character or force that opposes the protagonist
Antagonist
Early in "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin, the Stark children find a dead direwolf with a dear's antler piercing its throat. Later, House Baratheon (whose sign is the dear) ultimately causes the downfall and death of the Starks.
The dead direwolf with the antler piercing its throat is an example of what?
Foreshadowing - Hints or clues about what will happen later in the story
What is this line an example of:
"Love set you going like a fat gold watch."
- Sylvia Plath, "Morning Song"
Simile - a comparison between two unlike things using "like" or "as."
The time, place, and environment in which a story takes place
Setting
What is this line an example of:
“Because I could not stop for Death –
He kindly stopped for me –"
- Emily Dickinson
Personification - giving human-like qualities to a non human object or animal or idea.
The turning point or most intense moment in the story
Climax
What is this line an example of:
“It rained on his lousy tombstone, and it rained on the grass on his stomach. It rained all over the place.”
— The Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger
Repetition - The repeated use of a word, phrase, or structure for emphasis
What is this line an example of:
"While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, / As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door."
- Edgar Allen Poe
Onomatopoeia - Words that mimic the natural sound of things.
The way an author develops characters in a story
Characterization
Direct Characterization: the author TELLS you what traits the character has.
Indirect characterization: the author SHOWS you a character displaying traits through STEAL "Speech, Thoughts, Effect on others, Actions, Looks."
What are these examples of:
"The test was a piece of cake"
"I'm feeling under the weather"
"Speak of the devil!"
Idioms - a phrase or expression where the total meaning differs from the literal definitions of its individual words.
The struggle or problem that drives the plot forward
Conflict.
Can be internal (person vs self) or external (person vs person, person vs society, person vs nature, person vs technology).
What is this line an example of:
“I have to have this operation. It isn’t very serious. I have this tiny little tumor on the brain.”
- J.D. Salinger, "The Catcher in the Rye"
Irony - A contrast between expectation and reality
What is this line an example of:
""Fair is foul, and foul is fair: / Hover through the fog and filthy air."
- William Shakespeare, "Macbeth"
Alliteration - the repetition of similar consonant sounds at the beginning of successive words.
The perspective from which the story is told
Point of view
1st person: "I"
2nd person: "you"
3rd person: "he," "she," "it," "they." Can be omniscient (narrator knows every characters' thoughts), or limited (narrator is limited to one character's thoughts.
What is this line an example of?
"We got a new Einstein in school today."
Allusion - A reference to another text, event, or figure
The choice of words and style of expression used by the author
Diction
What is this line an example of?
"The buzzing noise was like a fly that had got into a room, and nothing could stop it. It was a monotonous, continuous sound that stayed in the head."
— For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway.
Imagery - Descriptive language that appeals to the senses
What is this line an example of:
""It's a slow town-I spent a couple of weeks there one day."
- Carl Sandburg, "The People, Yes"
Hyperbole - an intentional exaggeration designed to prove a point.
The main character of a story, often a hero or one who faces challenges
Protagonist
What is a story with two levels of meaning--literal and symbolic.
Allegory
The central idea or message of a story
Theme
In the Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, a sailor kills an albatross, which was a sign of good luck.
"Ah! well a-day! what evil looks
Had I from old and young!
Instead of the cross, the Albatross
About my neck was hung."
What is the albatross an example of?
Symbolism - The use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities