1. Begin notes on a new piece of paper in your Literature Notes section
Rhetorical Devices
Begin notes on a new piece of paper in your Literature Notes section

2. Overview
A rhetorical device is a technique a writer or speaker uses to encourage his or her audience to understand, act, or believe.
Being able to understand a writer’s rhetorical techniques gives the reader a fuller understanding of the writer’s purpose.

3. Foreshadowing
the use of clues that suggest events that have yet to occur

4. Symbols
anything that stands for or represents something else

5. Surprise Ending
twists at the end of the story that you did not expect

6. Imagery
descriptive or figurative language that appeals to one or more of the five senses.

7. Mood the feeling created in the reader by the literary work or passage
also known as atmosphere

8. Tone
the writer’s attitude toward his/her audience and subject

9. Irony
a literary technique that portrays the difference between appearance and reality, expectation and result, or meaning and intention

10. Irony is an implied discrepancy between what is said and what is meant
Irony is an implied discrepancy between what is said and what is meant. Three kinds of irony:
1. verbal irony is when an author says one thing and means something else. 2. dramatic irony is when an audience perceives something that a character in the literature does not know. 3. irony of situation is a discrepancy between the expected result and actual results.

11. Antagonist
character in the story that opposes the main character

12. Protagonist
the main character of a work of fiction.

13. repetition of initial consonant sounds
Alliteration
repetition of initial consonant sounds
Ex. Brilliant, beautiful, and bold, the blinding light beamed.

14. Alliteration

15. Suspense
a feeling of curiosity or uncertainty about the outcome of events in a literary work

16. Theme
A central message or insight into life revealed through a literary work
directly or implied

17. Allusion
What is this called?
Hint: It is NOT an allusion.

18. Allusion
the reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art

19. Rhetorical Question
thought-provoking questions asked merely for effect with no answer expected

20. Metaphor
comparison between two different things that resemble each other in at least one way
Example: “And money is like muck, not good except it be spread.” –Frances Bacon

21. What are these called?

22. Genre category or type of literature Poetry
Prose – Fiction(novels & short stories) and Nonfiction (bio’s, autobio’s, letters, essays and reports.
Drama

23. Notes STOP here…the rest is review 

24. -simpler plot and setting than novel
Short Story
a brief work of fiction
-simpler plot and setting than novel
-tends to reveal character at crucial moment rather than develop it

25. ELEMENTS OF A SHORT STORY
Character
Characterization
Plot
Exposition Statement
Rising Action
Conflict
Climax
Falling Action
Resolution

26. Character
a person or animal who takes part in the action of a literary work

27. Characterization
the act of creating and developing a character -direct characterization -indirect characterization

28. introduces the characters, the setting, the basic situation
Exposition Statement
introduces the characters, the setting, the basic situation

30. all of the events leading up to the climax
Rising Action
all of the events leading up to the climax

31. a struggle between two opposing forces
Conflict
a struggle between two opposing forces
Internal Conflict
the character struggles with himself or herself
External Conflict
the character struggles with an outside force
* A story can contain more than one conflict.

32. Climax
the high point of interest or suspense in a story, novel, or play

33. Falling Action
action in the story after the climax is revealed

34. Resolution
the end of the conflict