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Literary Devices

Literary Devices. Short Story Objectives. Add plot (exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution). Elements of a short story: 1) Characters 2) plot 3)setting 4) theme.

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Literary Devices

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  1. Literary Devices Short Story Objectives

  2. Add plot (exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution)

  3. Elements of a short story: • 1) Characters • 2) plot • 3)setting • 4) theme

  4. 1)Poetry - imaginative writing in which language, images, sounds, and rhythm combine to create a special emotional effect

  5. 2)Theme - main idea

  6. 3. humor - something funny

  7. 4)setting - the physical and sometimes spiritual background of a story.

  8. 4 elements of setting: • 1) geographical location • 2)daily living of characters • 3)the time or period • 4)mood

  9. 5. character - a person in a story, novel, poem, or play

  10. 6. suspense – wanting to know what will happen next • Question of how, what, who, and when?

  11. 7. Mood / tone - the general feeling in a piece of work

  12. 8. Script - the complete text in a play • 9. Cast - list of characters

  13. 10. Stage directions - describe the action and tell the characters what to do and how to do it

  14. 11. Dialogue - what characters say • 12. Scenery - everything used to show the setting

  15. 13. Sound effects - sounds that are made for a play

  16. 14) drama- a literary work meant to be performed for an audience.

  17. 3 THINGS TO HAVE A DRAMA: • Story • Written in Action • Performed by Actors

  18. Shotgun • Shout, accuse, scream • Confusion • Dangerous enemy • Destroy • Evening • Roar • Power failure • Aliens • Fear • Mob • Madness

  19. Evening • Roar • Power failure • Aliens • Fear

  20. Mob • Madness • Shotgun • Shout, accuse, scream • Confusion

  21. Dangerous enemy • Destroy • (Sound bites) • Saved on Sample Playlist on Media Player • http://www.thetzsite.com/pages/theme.html • http://www.thetzsite.com/pages/download.html • http://www.thetzsite.com/pages/playback.html

  22. Disease Spreads Quickly Through the TownLast week in the small town of Hokes Bluff, a severe case of the stomach flu swept the townspeople.

  23. Monsters are Due Study Guide1.Who is the author? What do you know about him.2. Know the NEW definitions.3. Who are the monsters, and why?4. Prejudices can kill, and suspicion can destroy. What does that mean?

  24. Monsters are Due Explain what happened on Maple Street.

  25. 15. Narrative poetry - poetry that tells a story

  26. 16. Metaphor - a figure of speech that compares two unlike things“That car is a lemon.”

  27. 17. Extended metaphor- to use a metaphor throughout a poem

  28. 18. Personification - a figure of speech in which something not human is given a human personality or characteristics.

  29. 19. Free verse - poems with irregular rhythms and line lengths

  30. 20. Rhythm - the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry

  31. 21.Stanza - A group of lines forming a unit in a poem

  32. 22. Symbol - any person, place, or thing that stands for something else.Ex: Eagles symbolize freedom.

  33. 23. flashback - an interruption of the action to tell about something that happened earlier in time.

  34. 24)Characterization-displaying a character’s personality

  35. Five Kinds: • 1) character’s actions • 2) character’s speech • 3)what other characters say • 4)revealing character’s thoughts • 5) directly commenting

  36. 25. Biography - a story about someone’s life written by someone else.

  37. 26)conflict - the struggle b/t two opposing forces.

  38. 4 Kinds: • 1) struggle w/ nature • 2) struggle w/ another person • 3) struggle w/ society • 4) struggle within

  39. 27. Climax - the reader’s highest emotional involvement in the work

  40. 28. Parody - humorous imitation of a serious piece of literature

  41. 29. Irony - the contrast b/t what is expected to happen and really does

  42. 3 kinds of Irony: • 1) Dramatic irony- when the reader knows something the characters don’t

  43. 2)Verbal irony - when a character or author says something and means something else

  44. 3 kinds of Irony: • 3)irony of situation - when the situation turns out differently from expected

  45. 30. plot - the sequence of events • 31. Subplot - a story within another story

  46. 32. • Monologue - one speaker in front of an audience

  47. 33. Comedy - a literary work with a generally happy ending; can be serious at times

  48. 34. Myth - a story,often about gods and goddesses that attempts to give meaning to the world

  49. 35. Hero - chief character in story; usually brave, courageous, kind, honest, etc.

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