Literary Terms Review

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Literary Terms Review

• Wohoo!
• (Yes, thats an onomatopoeia.)

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• The road was a ribbon of moonlight over the
  purple moor.

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• The road was a ribbon of moonlight over the
  purple moor.
• METAPHOR
• Road ribbon
• Both are glowing in the dark

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• I heard the swishing of her skirts as she walked
  up the stairs.

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• I heard the swishing of her skirts as she walked
  up the stairs.
• onomatopoeia

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• "Some day you will be old enough to start reading
  fairy tales again.

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• "Some day you will be old enough to start reading
  fairy tales again.
• VERBAL IRONY

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• The pen is mightier than the sword.

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• The pen is mightier than the sword.
• SIMILE
• Pen sword
• Writing can be more damaging than killing

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• "He was a remarkable Prime Minister with feet of
  clay".

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• "He was a remarkable Prime Minister with feet of
  clay".
• METAPHOR
• PM clay feet
• Both are stable/grounded

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• The less you have the more free you are.

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• The less you have the more free you are.
• PARADOX

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• My love is like a red, red rose.

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• My love is like a red, red rose.
• SIMILE
• Love rose
• Both are red/soft/beauty

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• Julie wears so much make-up she has to use a
  sandblaster to get it off at night.

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• Julie wears so much make-up she has to use a
  sandblaster to get it off at night.
• HYPERBOLE

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• America is a melting pot.

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• America is a melting pot.
• METAPHOR
• America Melting pot
• Both merge different kinds together
  (people/ingredients)

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• My desk is groaning underneath the mountains of
  papers to grade.

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• My desk is groaning underneath the mountains of
  papers to grade.
• PERSONIFICATION

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Imagery

• Use of words to create a sensory experience or
  image
• Uses the 5 senses
• Ex The family dinner was a combination of
  boisterous conversation, badly burnt chicken, and
  the scent of freshly baked bread.

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Simile

• Figure of speech that makes a comparison between
  two seemingly unlike things by using a connective
  wordlike, as, than, or resembles
• And the sudden flurries of snow-birds, Like
  brown leaves whirling by. James Russell Lowell

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Simile

• The desks overhead sounded like the thunderous
  dancing of elephants.
• My eyes pooled like rivers during the wedding
  vows.
• Your TRY
• Anger tastes like . . .
• Kindness smells like . . .

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Metaphor

• Figure of speech that makes a comparison between
  two unlike things without using a connective word
  such as like or as. Metaphors can be direct,
  implied, extended, or mixed
• Ex I am soft sift/ In an hourglass. Gerard
  Manley Hopkins

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Metaphor

• All the world's a stage,And all the men and
  women merely playersin it. -William
  Shakespeare
• How could she date a snake like that?
• You TRY fill in the blank with an object
• Friendship is . . .
• Education is . . .

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Personification

• Gives human qualities to an animal, thing, or
  concept
• The tree sighed sadly in the cold wind.
• The warm sun wrapped me in a blanket of peace.

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Personification

• The ruddy brick floor smiled up at the smoky
  ceiling the oaken settles, shiny with long wear,
  exchanged cheerful glances with each other
  plates on the dresser grinned at pots on the
  shelf . . . --The Wind in the Willows
• You TRY
• Describe a river
• Describe a sword
• Describe a car

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Hyperbole

• Figure of speech that uses exaggeration to
  express strong emotion or create a comic effect
• The limousine was as long as the Titanic.
• Julie wears so much make-up she has to use a
  sandblaster to get it off at night.

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Hyperbole

• At last the garbage reached so high
• That finally it touched the sky.
• And all the neighbors moved away,
• And none of her friends would come out to play.
• And finally Sarah Cynthia Stout said,
• OK, Ill take the garbage out!
• But then, of course, it was too late. . .
• --Shel Silverstein
• You TRY
• I laughed until . . .
• I was hungry enough . . .

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Symbolism

• Represents something else and itself
• Always actually occurs in the text, usually more
  than once, instead of as a comparison
• Common symbols
• Rose
• Flag
• Rain

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Symbolism

• All this last day Frodo had not spoken, but had
  walked half-bowed, often stumbling, as if his
  eyes no longer saw the way before his feet. Sam
  guessed that among all their pains he bore the
  worst, the growing weight of the Ring, a burden
  on the body and a torment to his mind. -J.R.R.
  Tolkien
• You TRY
• Come up with your own symbol that represents two
  different meanings.

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Irony--3 kinds

• A deliberate contrast between two levels of
  meaning
• Verbalimplying a different meaning than what is
  directly stated
• Different than sarcasm, which is much more direct
  and harsh
• Situational--the opposite of what is expected
  happens
• Dramaticaudience knows something that one or
  more of the characters does not

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Ironywhich kind?

• The beautiful woman lawyer walked into the
  courtroom wearing a visibly stained suit that
  frayed at the edges.

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Ironywhich kind?

• Oh, and theres a thrilling shot of one of the
  kids being sick on a small fishing boat off the
  coast of Florida and we are hovering over him
  offering him salami and mayonnaise sandwiches.
  That one really breaks us up.Erma Bombeck

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Ironywhich kind?

• Juliet is actually not dead, but asleep with the
  help of a strong potion. Romeo sees her lying in
  the tomb and kills himself because he believes
  her to be dead.

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Ironyyou TRY!

• Verbal Irony--a teenager is being yelled at for
  being out past curfew. What does he/she say in
  reply?
• Situational Irony--You meet the man/woman of your
  dreams and expect to make a good impression.
  Instead, . . .
• Dramatic Irony--Think of a recent movie in which
  the audience knows something the characters do
  not.

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Allusion

• Reference to a statement, person, place, event,
  or thing that is known from literature, history,
  religion, myth, politics, sports, science, or the
  arts
• "Christy didn't like to spend money. She was no
  Scrooge, but she seldom purchased anything except
  the bare necessities".
• The students were sure that their teacher had
  drunk from the river Styx because of her complete
  inattention to their pranks.

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Paradox

• A statement that appears to be contradictory, but
  actually expresses a truth
• Ex Less is more
• Truth must dazzle gradually/Or every man be
  blind -Emily Dickinson
• Success is counted sweetest/By those who neer
  succeed -Emily Dickinson
• It is in giving that we receive -Francis of
  Assisi

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Paradox

• Though this be madness, yet there is method
  int -Polonius in Hamlet
• Write your own paradox! Humans are the best
  examples of paradoxes. Think of someone you know
  who has seemingly opposite characteristics that
  make sense and are true.
• Mrs. Bell is rarely on time and yet chose a
  career that is governed by time and a bell
  schedule.

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Oxymoron

• Figure of speech which seems to be self
  contradictory, but is actually true a compressed
  paradox
• Ex Romeo describes love using several oxymorons,
  such as cold fire, feather of lead and sick
  health
• Ex She had a terrible beauty. There was a
  deafening silence.
• Create your own oxymoron using this same
  adjective-noun form.

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Allegory

• A constant set of symbols operating on two levels
  in a story
• Ex Platos Allegory of the Cave--People are
  chained in a cave and think that the shadows they
  see are truth. When people break free, they
  leave the cave and see things as they truly are.
• Ex Young Goodman Brown ignores warning of his
  wife Faith, travels into the forest and meets a
  man with a snake staff and witches. He loses his
  faith.

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Satire

• Genre of comedy ridiculing human faults such as
  vanity, hypocrisy, stupidity, and greed--the aim
  is to evoke laughter, to expose and criticize
• Ex Anything on Saturday Night Live or The Daily
  Show
• Austin Powers--ridicules the spy movies and
  heroes
• Swifts A Modest Proposal in which he proposes
  a solution to the problem of over-population in
  Ireland--the children of the poor should be a
  food source for the rich
• Think of an example youve seen in pop culture
  and explain what it ridicules