Analyzing Literary Devices

Analyzing Literary Devices ANIMAL ANTICS ALPHABETICALLY Antelopes are amiable animals,Buffaloes, bullish, butting boors,Cougars creep craftily up crags,Ducks dip delightfully in ditches. • Each line of the poem contains an example of : • Allusion • Conflict • Alliteration • Simile

Analyzing Literary Devices Mother comes into the TV room and discovers her 11-year-old watching South Park instead of doing his homework, as he was set to a dozen minutes ago. Pointing to the screen she says, "Don't let me tempt you from your duties, kiddo, but when you're finished with your serious studies there, maybe we could take some time out from recreation and do a little math." • Verbal Irony is used when the mother: • Comes into the TV room • Points to the screen • Discovers her 11-year-old watching South Park • Says, “Don't let me tempt you from your duties, kiddo, but when you're finished with your serious studies there, maybe we could take some time out from recreation and do a little math."

Analyzing Literary Devices Morning is a new sheet of paper for you to write on. Whatever you want to say, all day, until night folds it up and files it away. The bright words and the dark words are gone until dawn and a new day to write on. • In this poem the metaphor suggests that morning is similar to a piece of paper because: • It has many possibilities • They are both white • They are written on • They both fly away

Analyzing Literary Devices The sea is a hungry dog Giant and gray He rolls on the beach all day With his clashing teeth and shaggy jaws Hour upon hour he gnaws The rumbling, tumbling stones, And bones, bones, bones The giant sea dog moans Licking his greasy paws. But on quiet days in May or June, When even the grasses on the dune Play no more their reedy tune, With his head between his paws He lies on the sandy shores, So quiet, so quiet, he scarcely snores. • Which line contains alliteration? • The giant sea dog moans. • Licking his greasy paws. • But on quiet days in May or June • So quiet, so quiet, he scarcely snores.

Analyzing Literary Devices I am silver and exact.I have no preconceptions.Whatever I see I become immediatelyJust as it is, unmisted by love or dislike.I am not cruel, only truthful-- What is being personified? • From what point of view is this being said? • An adult • A child • An object • An animal

Analyzing Literary Devices The sea is a hungry dog Giant and gray He rolls on the beach all day With his clashing teeth and shaggy jaws Hour upon hour he gnaws The rumbling, tumbling stones, And bones, bones, bones The giant sea dog moans Licking his greasy paws. But on quiet days in May or June, When even the grasses on the dune Play no more their reedy tune, With hi head between his paws He lies on the sandy shores, So quiet, so quiet, he scarcely snores. • Which of the following is an example of a metaphor? • The rumbling, tumbling stones • But on quiet days in May or June • The sea is a hungry dog • Giant and gray

Analyzing Literary Devices About five o’clock the next morning the storm slammed into us with all its blizzardous fury. It clamped its icy jaws around us and sucked us into its frigid mouth. • The author’s use of imagery helps us to view the storm as: • An object • A ferocious animal • The sea • A child

Analyzing Literary Devices It was many and many a year ago In a kingdom by the sea, That a maiden lived that you may know Whose name was Annabel Lee • In the first two lines, we learn the __________ of the poem: • theme • simile • symbol • setting

Analyzing Literary Devices I’m not sure I can tell you what you want to know about my brother; but everything about the pet fox is important, so I’ll tell all that from the beginning. It goes back to a winter afternoon after I’d hunted the woods all day for a sign of our lost pet. I remember the way my mother looked up as I came into the kitchen. • This passage contains an example of: • foreshadowing • flashback • characterization • alliteration

Analyzing Literary Devices I had so much homework, I needed a pickup truck to carry all my books home! • This passage is an example of: • theme • hyperbole • symbol • irony

Dave walked up to the weather-torn house. He knocked once, lightly, and then pushed open the creaky door covered with cobwebs. The room was quite dark except for the dim candle that was burning in the far corner of the room. Next to the candle on the strange little table, lay an envelope with his name on the front. Dave slowly made his way over to the table. With every step he took he felt he was not alone in his house. Someone, somewhere was watching. He bent over the table and picked up the envelope. He stopped, and stooped over. He could swear he heard someone breathing. Dave stood up quickly and ripped open the envelope. The message contained only two words in huge letters. “HAPPY BIRTHDAY!” The lights flashed on and everyone yelled, “SURPRISE!” Dave turned around to find his entire family at their new home to celebrate his birthday. What a surprise party! • This passage is an example of: • theme • simile • symbol • irony

Atticus was feeble; he was nearly fifty. When Jem and I asked him why he was so old, he said he got started late, which we felt reflected upon his abilities and manliness. • This passage is an example of: • theme • simile • symbol • characterization

Analyzing Literary Devices • When the author gives us clues to what might happen later in the story, it is called: • flashback • foreshadowing • conflict • setting

Analyzing Literary Devices Simile: Willow and Ginkgo The willow is like an etching, Fine-lined against the sky. The ginkgo is like a crude sketch, Hardly worthy to be signed. The willow’s music is like a soprano, Delicate and thin. The ginkgo’s tune is like a chorus With everyone joining in. The willow is sleek as a velvet-nosed calf; The ginkgo is leathery as an old bull. The willow’s branches are like silken thread; The ginkgo’s like stubby rough wool. The willow is like a nymph with streaming hair; Wherever it grows, there is green and gold and fair. The willow dips to the water, Protected and precious, like the king’s favorite daughter. The ginkgo forces its way through gray concrete; Like a city child, it grows up in the street. Thrust against the metal sky, Somehow it survives and even thrives.

Analyzing Literary Devices Simile: Willow and Ginkgo The willow is like an etching, Fine-lined against the sky. The ginkgo is like a crude sketch, Hardly worthy to be signed. The willow’s music is like a soprano, Delicate and thin. The ginkgo’s tune is like a chorus With everyone joining in. The willow is sleek as a velvet-nosed calf; The ginkgo is leathery as an old bull. The willow’s branches are like silken thread; The ginkgo’s like stubby rough wool. The willow is like a nymph with streaming hair; Wherever it grows, there is green and gold and fair. The willow dips to the water, • In this poem the similes suggest which descriptions of the willow and gingko trees? • The willow is beautiful • The gingko is beautiful • The willow is ugly • The gingko is delicate

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Analyzing Literary Devices ANIMAL ANTICS ALPHABETICALLY Antelopes are amiable animals,Buffaloes, bullish, butting boors,Cougars creep craftily up crags,Ducks dip delightfully in ditches. • Each line of the poem contains an example of : • Allusion • Conflict • Alliteration • Simile

Analyzing Literary Devices Mother comes into the TV room and discovers her 11-year-old watching South Park instead of doing his homework, as he was sent to do a dozen minutes ago. Pointing to the screen she says, "Don't let me tempt you from your duties, kiddo, but when you're finished with your serious studies there, maybe we could take some time out from recreation and do a little math." • Verbal Irony is used when the mother: • Comes into the TV room • Points to the screen • Discovers her 11-year-old watching South Park • Says, “Don't let me tempt you from your duties, kiddo, but when you're finished with your serious studies there, maybe we could take some time out from recreation and do a little math."