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Groups 3 & 6 By Nora, Krsna, and Katie. Imagery ● Use of figurative language to represent objects and ideas in an appeal to the physical senses o Concrete.

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1 Groups 3 & 6 By Nora, Krsna, and Katie

2 Imagery ● Use of figurative language to represent objects and ideas in an appeal to the physical senses o Concrete - descriptive language not extending beyond the literal meaning o Abstract - descriptions of sensations that have no physical parallel, such as ideas o “The Worn Path” - Phoenix Jackson had curls that smelled like copper

3 Symbolism ● The use of symbols - objects, actions, or events which create associations, elicit moods or emotions, or represent other things o White doves as symbols of peace o A black cat as a symbol of misfortune

4 Atmosphere ● The predominant mood or tone of a piece which evokes a particular feeling in the reader o Edgar Allan Poe - atmosphere of doom, gloom, dread - “Once upon a midnight dreary…”

5 Personification ● Giving human attributes to inanimate objects o Macbeth  Sleep no more! Macbeth doth Murder sleep. ● Pathetic Fallacy o when the weather reflects the situation o Macbeth  The night had been unruly...Lamentings heard i’ th’ air, strange screams of death

6 Personification ● Synecdoche o a part represents a whole or vice versa o Hamlet  So the whole ear of Denmark is by a forged process of my death rankly abused ● Metonymy o substitution of an attribute for a name o Julius Caesar  Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears

7 Irony ● Verbal o a person says one thing but means another o Julius Caesar  Brutus is an honorable man ● Structural o unreliable narrator o A Modest Proposal  Swift isn’t really suggesting to eat infants

8 Irony ● Dramatic/Tragic o audience has more knowledge than characters o Othello  we know Iago is lying but Othello doesn’t ● Cosmic o a higher power plays with humanity’s fate o Romeo and Juliet  a plague stops Romeo from getting the message

9 Review In The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, a meteor traces the letter “A” in the night sky. This is primarily an example of: A.Personification B.Symbolism C.Imagery D.Irony

10 Review In 1984 by George Orwell, the protagonist describes the future as “a boot stamping on a human face— forever”. This is used to create: A.Irony B.Symbolism C.Imagery D.Atmosphere

11 Review In “A Worn Path” by Eudora Welty, Phoenix Jackson stating that her grandson is still alive may be an example of: A.Verbal Irony B.Structural Irony C.Dramatic Irony D.Cosmic Irony


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