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Elements of Style. Literary Devices Ch. 5. Reading Standard 3.6 Identify significant literary devices that define a writer’s style , and use those elements to interpret the work. (e.g., metaphor, symbolism, dialect, irony). Style. The way a writer uses language.
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Elements of Style Literary Devices Ch. 5
Reading Standard 3.6Identify significant literarydevices that define a writer’s style,and use those elements tointerpret the work. (e.g., metaphor,symbolism, dialect, irony)
Style • The way a writer uses language. • What makes Dr. Suess’s style of writing so distinct?
Figures of Speech • Expressions that are not literally true, but that suggest similarities between usually unrelated things.
Similes • Compare two unlike things using a word of comparison. • like, than, as, or resembles • Ex: The light was as bright as the sun.
Metaphors • Compares two unlike things directly, without using a specific word of comparison. EX: The ox of a man cut down the trees without breaking a sweat.
Extended Metaphor • When a metaphor is repeated throughout a large portion of a work. • EX:“O Captain My Captain” by Walt Whitman. • The metaphor that compares a captain to the president of the United States (specifically Abraham Lincoln) is repeated throughout the poem.
Personification • Speaks of a nonhuman or inanimate thing as if it had human or lifelike qualities. • EX: The sun smiled down upon the earth. • Does the sun have a mouth that can form a smile? • What does this mean?
Symbols • People, places, or events that have meaning in themselves but that also stand for something beyond themselves. • EX: The rose is a symbol, in Esperanza Rising, stood for the beauty of life and the thorns stood for the trials. • It also symbolized each member of the Ortega family and their servants.
Unexpected Events • Irony- when something happens that is the opposite of what you expect. • There are 3 kinds of irony: • Verbal Irony- when we say one thing and mean another (sarcasm) • Situational Irony- a situation turns out to be the opposite of what we expect. • Dramatic Irony – occurs when we know something that a character in the story or book doesn’t know.
Imagery • language that creates word pictures and appeals to the senses – • makes us feel that we are seeing or experiencing what the narrator is describing right along with the characters.
Dialect • Dialect is a way of speaking that is characteristic of a particular culture or region. • Writers can also appeal to our ear w/dialect.
