1. Literary Elements and Devices Projects
Ap lit
Literary Elements and Devices Projects
By: Courtney Fleminger, Allison Schaaf, and Mark Kenel

2. Imagery Definition
The formation of mental images, figures, or likenesses of things, or of such images collectively.

3. Imagery Examples The Lottery by Shirley Jackson
The black box grew shabbier each year: by now it was no longer completely black but splintered badly along one side to show the original wood, color, and in some places faded or stained.
Animal Farm by George Orwell
The birds jumped on to their perches, the animals settled down in the straw, and the whole farm was asleep in a moment.
Othello by William Shakespeare
I am one, sir, that comes to tell you your daughter and the Moor are now making the beast with two backs.

4. Works Cited: Imagery
Jackson, Shirley. The Lottery. 1st ed. Avon, Print.
Orwell, George. Animal Farm. Secker and Warburg, Print.
Shakespeare, William. The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice. Print.

5. Foreshadowing Definition
A warning or indication of an event that will take place in the future.

6. Foreshadowing Examples
Othello by: William Shakespeare
My mother had a maid call'd Barbara: She was in love, and he she loved proved mad. And did forsake her: she had a song of 'willow‘. An old thing 'twas, but it express'd her fortune, and she died singing it: that song to-night will not go from my mind.
Of Mice and Men by: John Steinbeck
And Lennie said softly to the puppy, “Why do you got to get killed? You ain’t so little as mice. I didn’t bounce you hard.” He bent the pup’s head up and looked in its face, and he said to it, “Now maybe George ain’t gonna let me tend no rabbits, if he fin’s out you got killed.”
Frankenstein by: Mary Shelley
“I will pioneer a new way, explore unknown power, and unfold to the world the deepest mysteries of creation.”

7. Works Cited: Foreshadowing
Shakespeare, William. The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice. Print.
Steinbeck, John. Of Mice and Men. New York, N.Y., U.S.A: Penguin Books, Print.
Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft. Frankenstein or, The Modern Prometheus. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press,

8. Round Character Definition
A round character is a major character in a work of fiction who encounters conflict and is changed by it

9. Round Character Examples
Jane Eyre in Jane Eyre
Harry Potter in the Harry Potter series
Jay Gatsby in The Great Gatsby

10. Flat Character Definition
A flat character is a minor character in a work of fiction who does not undergo substantial change or growth in the course of a story.

11. Flat Character Examples
Mr. Rochester in Jane Eyre
Rubeus Hagrid in Harry Potter series
 Daisy Buchanan in The Great Gatsby

12. Works Cited: Flat & Round Character
Brontë, Charlotte. Jane Eyre (Penguin Classics). New York: Penguin Classics, Print.
Fitzgerald, Scott. The Great Gatsby. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1925
Rowling, J.K.. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.  New York: Scholastic, 1999.
Wiehardt, Ginny. "Fiction Writing." Round vs. Flat character. About.com.Guide, n.d. Web. 3 Jan < y/g/RoundCharacter.htm>.

13. Pun Definition
A joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words that sound alike but have different meanings.
there was a person who sent ten different puns to his friends, with the hope that at least one of the puns would make them laugh.  Unfortunately, no pun in ten did.

14. Pun Examples Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
When Mercutio begs Romeo to dance, Romeo refuses. Unlike Mercutio’s shoes with “nimble soles,” Romeo says that he has a “soul of lead.” From Romeo and Juiliet.
“A Hymn to God the Father” by John Donne
When Thou hast done, Thou hast not done / For I have more. that at my death Thy Son / Shall shine as he shines now, and hereto fore And having done that, Thou hast done; / I fear no more.
One of the cleverest and most morbid poems comes as a joke from a fatally-stabbed Mercutio, who stops joking to explain that “tomorrow … you shall find me a grave man.” Grave means serious, but here it also alludes to his imminent death. From Romeo and Juliet

15. Work Cited: Pun
"Your Dictionary." Puns in Literature. LoveToKnow. Web. 7 Jan < examples-of-puns-in-literature.html>.
Shakespeare, . Romeo and Juliet. Thomas Creede, Print.
Donne, John. A Hymn to God the Father Print.

16. Epiphany Definition
A sudden, intuitive perception of or insight into the reality oressential meaning of something, usually initiated by some simple,homely, or commonplace occurrence or experience.

17. Epiphany Examples Lord of the Flies by: William Golding
Simon experiences an epiphany in which he "sees the perennial fall which is the central reality of our history: the defeat of reason and the release of... madness in souls wounded by fear" (Baker 12). As Simon rushes to the campfire to tell the boys of his discovery, he is hit in the side with a spear, his prophecy rejected and the word he wished to spread ignored.
To Kill a Mockingbird by: Harper Lee
When Scout realizes the truth about Boo Radley, and that the only reason he stays inside, is because 'he wants to stay inside'. This diffuses all previous superstitions surrounding him, and makes the audience realize just how innocent Boo Radley really is -- he's not the 'squirrel eating' monster he's made out to be
Sweeney Todd: Demon Barber of Fleet Street by: Thomas Peckett Prest
When Judge Turpin gets away from Sweeney Todd after his first shot at his murder, Mr. Todd realizes that all people deserve to die. He comes to the conclusion that the lives of the wicked should be made brief and for the rest of us death would be a relief.

18. Work Cited: Epiphany
"Study World." Lord of the Flies. Oakwood Publishing Company. Web. 7 Jan < ay/literature/Novel\Lord_of_the_Flies-166.htm>.
. "Yahoo." To Kill a Mockingbird. Oakwood Publishing Company. Web. 7 Jan < d= AAmRJIi>.
"Tv Tropes." Sweeney Todd . N.p.. Web. 7 Jan < e/S weeneyToddTheDemonBarberOfFleetStreet>.