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Literary Terms in Night

Literary Terms in Night. World Literature. Hyperbole. A huge exaggeration. For example, “Dan’s the funniest guy on the planet!” or “That baseball card is worth a zillion dollars!”. Dialogue. Dialogue is a conversation between two or more people. Dialogue is essential to fiction writing.

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Literary Terms in Night

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  1. Literary Terms in Night World Literature

  2. Hyperbole • A huge exaggeration. For example, “Dan’s the funniest guy on the planet!” or “That baseball card is worth a zillion dollars!”

  3. Dialogue • Dialogue is a conversation between two or more people. • Dialogue is essential to fiction writing. • Dialogue brings characters to life and adds interest. • Dialogue must do more than just duplicate real speech. • Writing dialogue consists of the most exciting, most interesting, most emotional, and most dramatic words.

  4. Dialogue

  5. Foreshadowing • A technique in which an author gives clues about something that will happen later in the story. • You see this a lot in movies like Jaws! In this movie the producer uses music and visuals to foreshadow the upcoming event. • Authors and film producers use techniques such as: • Music • Words • Facial expressions • Visual interactions

  6. Metaphor • A comparison that doesn’t use “like” or “as”—such as “He’s a rock” or “I am an island.” • Come up with 4 metaphors; 2 about yourself and 2 about the Holocaust.

  7. Simile • A comparison that uses “like” or “as” For example, “I’m as hungry as a wolf,” or “My love is like a rose.” • Come up with 4 similes; 2 about yourself and 2 about the Holocaust.

  8. Paradox • A seeming contradiction. For example, “It was the best of times. It was the worst of times.” • Jesus used paradoxes in His teachings: “They have ears, but hear not.” “This sentence is false.” “I know that I know nothing at all.” “Language enables and blocks communication.” Now come up with one on your own!

  9. Personification • Giving inanimate object human characteristics. For example, “The flames reached for the child hovering in the corner.” • Personify 3 objects in the classroom.

  10. Symbol • The use of one thing to represent another. For example, a dove is a symbol of peace. • What other symbols do we see every day? • What symbols have you seen in books?

  11. Allegory • A story in which the characters represent abstract qualities or ideas. For example, in westerns, the sheriff represents the good, and the outlaw represents evil. • Dr. Seuss used children books to show allegories about different subjects.

  12. Assignment • With a partner, write a story using the literary terms found in Night. Please turn in the rubric along with your story.

  13. Literary Terms in By: _______________________________ Examples of allegory: _______________________________ and ______________________________________ Examples of foreshadowing when ____________________________________________________________________________ And when ____________________________________________________________________________________________ Examples of hyperbole _____________________________________________________________________________________ and ____________________________________________________________________________________________ Examples of metaphors ____________________________________________________________________________________ And ____________________________________________________________________________________________ Examples of paradoxes _____________________________________________________________________________________ And ____________________________________________________________________________________________ Examples of personification ________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ Examples of similes _______________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ Symbols ________________________________________ and ________________________________________

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