PPT-1 By Dante Huaman Woods Runner Literary Elements and Review

2 Setting The setting is Colonial America at war and this takes place in the late 1700s This is what it looked like in some places during the American Revolution Characters Patriots British and Allies. Inferno. Oooh…Scary. !. Before we begin our journey into the depths of Dante’s Hell…. What other depictions of Hell have you seen?. Ever play “DOOM?”. Ever wonder what Hell . looks . like?. Inferno. Canto IV. Circle I: Limbo. “This is the highest state that man can achieve without God”(49). VIRTUOUS PAGANS. “Without hope, we live on in desire” (51). The citadel of human reason & Other features of limbo. 1265-1321. The Inferno. The Inferno is an . Allegory. It is meant to be understood on two levels . 1. Literal . – actual progress through the story. - . Dante literally travels from hell through purgatory and finally heaven. Woods Runner Literary Elements and Review. 2. Setting. The setting is Colonial America at war, and this takes place in the late 1700s. This is what it looked like in some places during the American Revolution.. By Robert E. Aquino. AIG – 5. th. grade. Ms. Webb. Setting. Time: 1776. Place: The story takes place in Pennsylvania. The main character (Samuel) travels until he reaches New Amsterdam (New York City) to find his parents that were taken captive by the British. The story ends with Samuel’s family returning to Pennsylvania. . Point of View. Definition: The . perspective from which the story is told. . Narrators of stories can take on three points of view: . 1. st. person= . “I/we”. 2. nd. person= . “you”. 3. rd. – Introduction. Allegory: . a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one. .. Allusion: . an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.. Canto 1: The Dark Wood of Error. Read handout for Canto 1 (lines 1-60). Answer the following question:. Dante says in line 12 of Canto 1 that he has wandered from the “True Way.” If the “Dark Wood of Error” is a symbol of worldliness, what does the True Way represent? On an allegorical level, what might the three animals that try to force Dante back into the Dark Wood represent?. Class project for Dr.Hale’s World Literature Course - Fall 1999 by Barbara Christopher. How to stay out of Hell. “The Law of contradiction is a basic principle of Aristotelian logic: to repent of one’s sin and to want to commit it at the same time is a self-contradiction.”. Work on article of the week!! . Literary Elements Chart: . Literary Elements: . How to Tell…. Battle Royal. Characterization: . -Direct. -Indirect. -------------------------. -Static. -Dynamic. Direct: “…great brother she had, how together, the guy was, a number one pal and comrade. A real soldier’s soldier, Rat says” (1).. . Allusion. A reference to a well-known person, event, or place. - From history, literature, the bible, mythology. , pop-culture. The White House. Secret Service Code: Olympus. WHY?. Tone. A writer or speaker’s . of fiction. Review: Literary Devices of Fiction. ELEMENTS. Setting. Mood. Plot. Flashback. Foreshadowing. TECHNIQUES. Allusion. Figurative Language. Simile. Metaphor. Imagery. Alliteration. Personification. cammin. di nostra vita. mi ritrovai per una selva oscura. ché la diritta via era . smarrita.. Ahi . quanto a dir qual era è cosa dura. esta. . selva selvaggia e aspra e forte. che nel . pensier. . & . Literary Techniques. Literary devices. There are two types of literary devices: . literary elements . and . literary techniques. .. Literary elements . are found in . every. well-written piece and are essential to the creation of the literary work..