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Elements of Style
Literary DevicesCh. 5
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Reading Standard 3.6Identify significant literary
devices that define a writer’s style,
and use those elements tointerpret the work.
(e.g., metaphor,symbolism, dialect, irony)
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Style
The way a writer uses language.What makes Dr. Suess’s
style of writing so distinct?
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Figures of Speech
Expressions that are not literally true, but that suggest similarities between usually unrelated things.
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Similes Compare two unlike things
using a word of comparison.like, than, as, or resembles
Ex: The light was as bright as the sun.
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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.
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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.
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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?
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.