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Literary Device
RACES Strategy
TWIST
PEEEL Strategy
Quote/Device
100

The grenade exploded with a giant Boom!

Onomatopoeia

100
Take away the question words and format to introduce your paragraph.

Restate the Question

100

The emotion that the author speaks with.

Tone

100

How the evidence supports your answer falls under which part of PEEEL?

Explain

100

Remember the earth whose skin you are:
red earth, black earth, yellow earth, white earth
brown earth, we are earth.

Metaphor/imagery

200
The river wound its way sneakily through the lush forest.

Personification.

200

The sentence which tells us that you have finished analyzing and are reminding us of the main idea you were making.

Sum it up

200

The main message that links to the real world, that the author wants you to know.

Theme

200
The sentence(s) that explains how what you have analyzed is related to the question/topic.

Link

200

Remember the sun’s birth at dawn, that is the
strongest point of time.

Personification/metaphor

300

A Winter's cill could not compare to the woman's beauty which was as intimidating as a snow storm.

Simile

300

The act of using examples and quotes to prove your point.

Cite evidence

300

Figurative language and literary devices fall under this category of the TWIST chart.

Style

300

The main idea of your paragraph where you introduce the concept the question wants you to answer.

Point

300

Remember the wind. Remember her voice. She knows the
origin of this universe.

Personification

400
Annie ate the amazing apple all alone.

Assonance

400

Defining the device you are using and its effect are part of which category in RACES?

Explain your reasoning

400

Any literary device that utilizes the five senses to deepen our understanding.

Imagery

400

The part of the paragraph where you introduce the specific devices you feel are used well by the poet/author.

Elaborate

400

Remember the sky that you were born under,
know each of the star’s stories.
Remember the moon, know who she is.
Remember the sun’s birth at dawn, that is the
strongest point of time. Remember sundown
and the giving away to night.
Remember your birth, how your mother struggled
to give you form and breath.

Anaphora

500

"A government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth."

Rule of thirds.

500

Your response of what the author specifically does/uses to achieve the question topic.

Answer the question.

500

Parts of speech (noun, adjectives, verbs) that help to deepen the reader's understanding, fall under which category of the TWIST chart?

Word choice.

500

Explain is made up of which two components?

1 - explain the device

2 - explain its effect

500

Remember you are all people and all people
are you (not paradox)

Antimetabole