Assonance - PowerPoint Presentation

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Assonance

:

repetition

of the same or similar

vowel sounds

“

That hoard, and sleep, and feed, and know not me.”Slide2

Alliteration

:

recurrence

of

consonants.

“dapple-dawn-drawn Falcon

”

“Nature’s first green is gold,

It’s hardest hue to hold” Slide3

Allusion

: A reference in a literary work to something

that

is external to the text.

(Think of music in which one artist samples another.) Slide4

Characterization

: the means an author

employs

in presenting and

developing characters.

*

ACTION *

DESCRIPTION

*ACTIONS OF OTHERS

(Caricature

:

Ludicrously exaggerated

CHARCTERIZATION

)Slide5

Conflict

: the

struggle

b/w opposing forces.

(It’s central to storytelling)

It’s really the

interaction

between

CHARACTERS, usually the

Protagonist

and

Antagonist

It can also be in the

mind of the central figure. Slide6

Dialogue:

The conversational language spoken by the CHARACTERS in a literary work

.

it’s at

best

when it’s a

stylized version or what a character might actually say in a situation.

Good

dialogue attempts to record the idiom of characters as psychologically and socially observed. Slide7

Hyperbole

:

Exaggeration

or overstatement frequently employed for humorous purposes.Slide8

Imagery

: a verbal representation of a sense impression.

*Visual *

A

uditory *Olfactory

*Tactile *Taste-

oriented.

Literal

or

F

igurative

They are often an essential part in defining the emotional content, and meaning of a literary work. Slide9

Irony

(a)

a

statement contradicts its literal meaning.

Ex: a narrator

fails to recognize or admit the significance of what is described.

(

b)

S

ituational

irony

occurs when events develop in a pattern opposite to what is expected.

(

c)

Dramatic irony

occurs when

characters in

a literary work are proceeding without being aware of factors affecting their fate that are known to the audience. Slide10

Metaphor:

An

implied

comparison of dissimilar objects

.

SIMILE:

explicit comparison

.

“

like or as”

Metaphors

apply words to objects

where

there is no normal, literal, or expected

association:

“

Life’s but a walking shadow

”Slide11

Motif:

unifying

elements in a

work.

It

may be a phrase,

IMAGE

,

SYMBOL

, citation, or some other narrative detail that recurs and helps to elaborate a

THEME.

Slide12

Oxymoron

: A

statement with two apparently contradictory components

W.B.

Yeat’s

:

“terrible beauty

” It is

effective as a result of its incongruity.Slide13

Personification

:

The

attribution of human qualities to non-human objects. Slide14

Setting:

*place *historical period

*social

circumstances

The

setting has significant implications

for:

Atmosphere Character Plot Theme Action ConflictSlide15

Symbolism

:

Any

CHARACTER

ACTION OBJECT

SITUATION

SETTING

can

be a

symbol

if it has a

clear literal

function

AND

it represents something beyond itself.

Flora

, the horse in

Alice

Munro’s “Boys and Girls,” is used symbolically to make a statement about the end of an early phase of the NARRATOR’s life

. A baseball bat in a baseball player’s hands means something entirely different than a bat in an angry man’s. Slide16

Tone:

The

cast of VOICE that reveals the SPEAKER’s or writer’s attitude to the audience. Slide17

Juxtaposition:

the

act or instance of placing two or more things side by side. Slide18

Parallelism:

To have items in pairs or a

series. The reader will use

parallelism to see similarity .

Important in making

connections between

seemingly different items. Slide19

Questioning

Identify:

to establish the identity or to place things in order, determine position.

Slide20

Questioning

Explain:

to make

known.

To

make plain

or understandable

.Slide21

Questioning

Analyze:

To determine the nature or relationship of parts. Slide22

Questioning

Deeper Meaning:

Can you

make connections outside of the text?