The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Literary Devices
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Literary Devices
By Cassie Metzinger, Heater Roe, and Spencer Buranen
SUSPENSE• A feeling of curiosity, or even dread about
what is going to happen next in a story• When Huck follows Injun Joe and the
mystery man to the old Widow’s house, and a twig breaks beneath his foot
• When a person falls of a bike in the middle of the road, and a car is coming toward them
Irony• A contrast or discrepancy between
appearance and reality, or between what is expected and what actually happens
• How those thought Injun Joe was to die, and how he actually did
• In a movie or book, when two men/groups set out to kill each other, and one dies in a car crash
Satire• Writing that uses humor or wit to ridicule the
vices or follies of people or societies, often to bring about change or improvement
• Mark Twain is know for writing his novels in satire
• Comics that appose of what the government is implying for the people to do
• The assinment of human characteristics to gods, animals, or inanimate objects
• Demon dog, when Huck and Tom are running from the graveyard, and the howling dog is to bring them bad luck, just as a demon would
• The tree swayed and danced in the wind
Anthropomorphism
Colloquialism
• Informal language used in everyday conversation, but not in formal righting
• Some of the younger boys cut off syllables when speaking
• Using “hey” or “what’s up” when speaking
Folklore
• The traditional beliefs, customs, stories, songs, and dances of a culture
• The wart remedies the young boys claim to be true
• Technical gossip of the modern day
Motivation
• The stated or implied reason a character acts, thinks, or feels a certain way
• Tom’s and Huck’s motivation to go to the graveyard was there curiosity
• What motivates important speakers or poets to write or speak aloud
Idiom
• When a statements literal meaning is not as the speaker in implying
• “Hang her!” when Tom exclaimed to say ‘quiet her fit’
• You crack me up!
Understatement
• Language that makes it seem less important than it really is
• When Tom happens to run into Injun Joe in the cave, we never suspected that Injun Joe was to be trapped inside to die
• “We may have a test soon,” and the test turns out to be the very next day
Metaphor
• Comparing two unlike things without using like or as
• Unsure• He is a walking encyclopedia!
Plot Twist
• When what one expects to happen in the end takes a turn and doesn’t happen
• How Injun Joe dies• When two men in a movie/book set out to kill
one another, and one dies in a tragic accident
Simile
• A comparison between two unlike things using like or as
• When Huck follows Injun Joe to the old widow’s, is states that his footsteps were catlike
• “Wow, he is like a walking library!”
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