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Review of Literary Terms
Unit III: The Paradoxes of Life and Language
Slide2Bellwork
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Literary Terms—1/15/15
Define, in your own words, the following terms:SimileMetaphorToneMood
5. Allusion6. Theme7. Rhyme Scheme8. Idiom
You have 5 minutes.
Bonus: Paradox
Slide3A comparison between two unlike things
without
using the words “like” or “as”
Ex: My teacher is a dragon!Because, baby, you’re a firework.A comparison between two unlike things using the words “like” or “as”Ex: The student was as quiet as a mouse.
Your words cut like knives.
Simile
words
Metaphor
Slide4How an author feels towards a character, subject, setting
Tone Words: amused, hopeful, proud, sympathetic, irritated, hateful, furious
Mood
Tone
How a text makes the audience feel
Mood Words: awed, excited, surprised, scared, numb, intimidated, refreshed
This is entertaining.
Honestly, I’m a little scared.
Well, that surprised me.
I am quite amused.
Slide5A reference to something well known in a text.
It can be done directly or indirectly
Allusion
The moral or central idea of a story
Theme
Slide6The repetition of similar sounds in two or more words
Denoted using letters
An expression that can not be understood from the individual meaning of each word. A figure of speech.
Ex: It was raining cats and dogs.
My students are driving me up the wall.
I’m feeling under the weather.
Idiom
Rhyme Scheme
I used to be alive, but now I’m dead (at last I
think
)! A
I’m just a guy like all the rest (though true my eyes don’t
blink
) A
Everywhere I go they say I really don’t fit
in
B
The party always scatters when I arrive (I just can’t
win
)! B
Slide7A statement that is self-contradictory because it often contains two statements that are both true, but in general, cannot both be true at the same time.
Paradox
Nobody
I’m nobody
.
I’m a compulsive liar—am I lying when I say that?
Nobody
goes to that restaurant because it’s too crowded.
You
shouldn’t go into the water until you know how to swim.
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Review of Literary Terms
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