Literary Devices Q1
What is setting?
Setting is the time, place, atmosphere, and social environment of a story.
A fundamental idea, word or phrase used to understand a text is called
A concept
What type of figurative language is used in this quotation?
“Jem gulped like a goldfish, hunched his shoulders and twitched his torso" (Lee 123).
A simile
What is the mood created in this quotation?
"The night was cold, dark and seemingly endless".
Bleak, ominous, serious, creepy
“The courthouse sagged in the square" (Lee 5), is an example of what type of figurative language?
Personification
What is the speaker's attitude called in a text?
Tone
What is the author's word choice called in a text?
Diction
What is it called when the audience knows something the characters do not know?
Dramatic Irony
If a character stays the same throughout the story and does not go through any growth or change, what type of character are they?
That character would be flat and static
“Inside the house lived a malevolent phantom” (Lee 5).
How does imagery establish mood in this quotation
The visual imagery of a haunted house creates an eerie mood.
What are the two types of characterization and give a brief description of what makes them different.
Indirect Characterization - author implies traits about a character
Direct Characterization - author tells us explicit traits about a character
Define motif and provide an example from Macbeth
Motif in literature is a recurring image, idea, word or object that intentionally recurs across a story, that often helps develop the theme.
Ex: Blood in Macbeth
What type of POV is used in To Kill a Mockingbird and what does this add to the story?
First person POV and this story being told through the eyes of Scout allows the reader to have no prejudiced opinions about the town of Maycomb because Scout is an innocent child.
"Sally collects seashells on the seashore" is an example of what kind of figurative language?
Alliteration
“Fair is foul, and foul is fair” (Macbeth)
What is the motif established in this quotation? How do you know?
This phrase represents duality because it means two opposite ideas existing at the same time.
This quote blends opposites, showing that nothing is purely good or purely evil.
What does imagery appeal to and what does it effect in a story?
a literary device that uses descriptive language to create mental pictures and appeals to the reader's senses. Imagery affects the mood of a story.
In "To Kill a Mockingbird" the knot-hole in the tree represents what literary device?
Symbolism
What is Macbeth's tone in this quotation?
“Oh, full of scorpions is my mind, dear wife! / Thou know'st that Banquo and his Fleance lives" (3.3.38-39).
Paranoid, nervous, dangerous
What is the difference between perspective and POV?
Perspective is how a character interprets events and POV is the narrator of the story. They are often different!
What is the type of characterization shown in this quotation?
“I looked at my reflection in the mirror… I saw what seemed to be the prodigy girl… but the girl staring back at me was angry and powerful” (Tan 2).
This is direct characterization because the author is explicitly telling the readers something about a character.
What are the six types of imagery (their official names) and provide an example of one of them.
Gustatory, auditory, visual, olfactory, tactile, kinesthetic
Ex: The sun dipped below the horizon casting a fiery glow on the sand of the beach. - visual
The main message that readers should take away from literary work is the...
And provide and example
Theme
Ex: Relationships depend on sacrifice
There are three literary devices being used in this quotation: what are they?
"The old house was the same, droopy and sick, but as we started down the street we thought we saw an inside shutter move" (Lee 19).
Setting, visual imagery, and personification
Allusion
“Will all great Neptune’s ocean wash this blood / Clean from my hand?” (2.2.15-17).
What type of imagery is used in this quotation and what does this reveal about Macbeth's emotional state? AND what is the motif?
This quote uses visual / tactile imagery to emphasize the guilt Macbeth feels after killing Duncan. By imagining his hands permanently stained with blood that even the ocean cannot wash away, Macbeth reveals that he feels emotionally overwhelmed and unable to escape his crime.
Motif = Blood
What is the least common type of character combination? Why?
Bonus point if you can give an example!
The least common combination of character types is a flat and dynamic character because this means a character does not have complex traits, but goes through a change in a story.
Ex: The Grinch!!