1. “THE TELL TALE HEART” Figures of Speech

2.  Figurative language  Literal language EQ: IN WHAT WAYS DOES THE AUTHOR’S CHOICE OF WORDS IMPACT THE MOOD AND TONE OF THE TEXT?  language that uses words or expressions with a meaning that is different from the literal interpretation.  When a writer uses literal language, he or she is simply stating the facts as they are.

3.  Symbolism  Ex EQ: IN WHAT WAYS DOES THE AUTHOR’S CHOICE OF WORDS IMPACT THE MOOD AND TONE OF THE TEXT?  A symbol is a person, place, or an object, or action that stands for something beyond itself  The beating heart could symbolize the narrator’s guilt or his own fear

4.  Personification  Ex EQ: IN WHAT WAYS DOES THE AUTHOR’S CHOICE OF WORDS IMPACT THE MOOD AND TONE OF THE TEXT?  Giving attributes/qualities of a human being to an animal, object, or concept  “Death in approaching him had stalked with his black shadow before him and enveloped the victim.”

5.  Simile  Ex.  A comparison of two unlike things using like or as  So I opened it – you cannot imagine how stealthily, stealthily – until at length [a single dim ray like the thread of the spider] shot out from the crevice and fell upon the vulture eye. EQ: IN WHAT WAYS DOES THE AUTHOR’S CHOICE OF WORDS IMPACT THE MOOD AND TONE OF THE TEXT?

6. Metaphor Ex. EQ: IN WHAT WAYS DOES THE AUTHOR’S CHOICE OF WORDS IMPACT THE MOOD AND TONE OF THE TEXT?  A comparison between two unlike things WITHOUT using like or as  “He was stone dead”

7. Alliteration ex EQ: IN WHAT WAYS DOES THE AUTHOR’S CHOICE OF WORDS IMPACT THE MOOD AND TONE OF THE TEXT?  The repetition of initial consonant sounds.  “Hearken! And observe how healthily, how calmly, I can tell you the whole story.”

8.  Irony  Example EQ: IN WHAT WAYS DOES THE AUTHOR’S CHOICE OF WORDS IMPACT THE MOOD AND TONE OF THE TEXT?  Literary technique that involves surprising, interesting, or amusing contradictions. It’s a contrast between what is expected and what actually exists or happens.  “I was never kinder to the old man than during the whole week before I killed him.”

9.  Repetition  Ex.  literary device that repeats the same words or phrases a few times to make an idea clearer or to create a certain effect, such as tension  True! Nervous-very nervous, dreadfully nervous I had been and am.