1. Literary Devices

2. Imagery

3. Imagery
Definition: When a writer uses words to create mental images in the reader’s mind
Helps the reader to imagine what the author is writing about
Can appeal to sense of sight, smell, touch, feel, or taste

4. Detail Brings writing to life
Gives the reader more information about a place, setting, character, object, etc.
Uses adjectives (describing words)
Orange
Furry
Loud
Smelly
Tiny

5. Personification Giving human qualities to something non-human
Objects, animals, ideas
Connects and helps the reader identify with non-human entities
Examples:
The stars danced in the sky.
The wind howled with fury.
Taquito was ashamed after destroying my pillow.
The pistol glared at me from its holster.

6. Appeal to Senses
Allows the reader to mentally experience what the author is describing
Sight: “...plump little cakes called 'petites madeleines,' which look as though they had been moulded in the fluted scallop of a pilgrim's shell.” ―Marcel Proust
Smell: “The house smelled musty and damp, and a little sweet, as if it were haunted by the ghosts of long-dead cookies.” ―Neil Gaiman
Sound: “Have you ever heard a blindfolded octopus unwrap a cellophane-covered bathtub?”― Norton Juster
Taste: “Most of all he liked grilled mutton kidneys which gave to his palate a fine tang of faintly scented urine.” ―James Joyce
Touch: “Ginger Ale’s tongue scrapes across my skin like 320 grit silicone carbide sandpaper.” ―Mrs. Amos

7. Characterization

8. Characterization
Definition: Process where an author introduces and describes a character
Happens throughout a work

9. Characterization Explicit: described directly by the author
Implicit: shown indirectly
Actions
Thoughts
Speech

10. Activity - Literary Devices
Select a quote that includes striking imagery or characterization. Working in a group of one to four, create a poster that includes:
1) The quote, including the page number.
2) The device represented in the quote (imagery or characterization).
3) An illustration of the quote, including as many details as possible.
4) The names of all members of your group (can be on the back).

11. Simile/Metaphor

12. Comparisons
Definition: A comparison between two unrelated and dissimilar things, people, beings, places or concepts
Purpose: Take an identity or concept that we understand clearly (second subject) and use it to better understand the lesser known element (the first subject)

13. Simile Definition: A comparison that uses “like” or “as”
Poetically explaining how things are like other things
Example: Taquito is as fast as a Bugatti Veyron 16.4

14. Metaphor Definition: A Comparison that does not use “like” or “as”
Poetically calling things something else
Example: Taquito is not the sharpest crayon in the box.

15. Example Simile: “Do you ever feel like a plastic bag?”
Metaphor: “Baby, you’re a firework.”

16. Conflict

17. Conflict Definition: A struggle between two opposing forces
The challenge main characters need to achieve their goals
A single work can have more than one conflict

18. External and Internal External: struggle between two opposing forces
Internal: struggle between two opposing forces within a person

19. Types of conflict Human vs... Human Self Society Nature
Other (supernatural, technology, etc.)

20. Foreshadowing

21. Foreshadowing
Definition: When a writer gives an advance hint of what is to come later in the story
Helps the reader develop expectations about the coming events in a story

22. Tone

23. Tone
Definition: an attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience
The way feelings are expressed

24. Conveyed through..
Choice of words, images, details, language, sentence structure
Point of view (the author’s view and how it affects his/her writing)
Syntax (the arrangement of words to create sentences)
Author’s level of formality

25. Tone words

26. Symbolism

27. Symbolism
Definition: an object, person, or situation has another meaning other than its literal meaning
The actions of a character, word, action, or event that have a deeper meaning in the context of the whole story
Usually stands for something abstract

28. Symbolism Helps create meaning and emotion in a story
Often relate to a story’s theme
A symbol that is repeated is called a motif