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Vocabulary Challenge
Try to use as many vocabulary words in one of the following ways: unrelated sentences, a paragraph, a poem, or another type of written expression. Use your glossary if needed.
1.acute 2. crevice 3. derision 4.hypocritical
5. audacity 6.stealthily 7.stifled
8.conceived 9.vehemently 10.vex
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Symbol
Symbol - A person, place, or object that has a concrete meaning in itself
and also stands for something beyond itself, such as an idea or
feeling
Example
American flag is a symbol of patriotism and a love for
one’s country.
Why Authors Use Symbolism
Many authors embed subtle images into their work to
make it deeper, richer, more meaningful and colorful.
Writers may also use symbolism to allude to a mood or feeling without
coming out and stating that particular emotion.
For example, a lily to
represent purity or a ray of
sunshine to
represent hope.
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Common Symbols in Literaturelily – purity heart - love
grim reaper – death phoenix - rebirth
sunshine – hope cross - salvation
Symbols in The Tell-Tale Heart
The eye- someone watching, guilt, all knowing
The watch- represents time, the ticking of a watch is equated to a
countdown to death- the beating of a heart represents life ticking away .
Alliteration
Alliteration-the repetition of consonant sounds in words.
Example
“Prune Pits, Peach Pits, Orange Peel
Sarah Cynthia Silvia Stout, wouldn’t take the garbage out”
–Shel Silverstein
ImageryImagery-descriptive words and phrases that re-create sensory
experiences for the reader. Imagery usually appeals to one or more of the
five senses—sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch—to help the reader
imagine exactly what is being described.
Imagery Sight
After Apple-Picking - magnified apples appear and disappear...every
fleck of russet showing clear
Birches - the iced branches shed "crystal shells "
Imagery Sound
After Apple-Picking - the rumbling of load on load of apples coming in
The Runaway - the miniature thunder... the clatter of stone
Imagery Smell
To Earthward - musk from hidden grapevine springs
Out, Out - the sticks of wood "sweet scented stuff“
Unharvested - A scent of ripeness from over a wall...smelling the
sweetness in no theft.
Imagery Taste
Blueberries - the blueberries as big as your thumb...with the flavor of
sootA Record Stride - the walking boots
that taste of Atlantic and Pacific
Imagery Touch
The Witch of Coos - the bed linens might just as well be ice and the
clothes snowOn Going Unnoticed - You grasp the bark by a rugged pleat,/ And
look up small from the forest's feet.
Allusion
Allusion: A brief, usually indirect reference to a person, place, or event--real or fictional
(usually well-known).
Example
"I was not born in a manger. I was actually born on Krypton and sent here by my father, Jor-el, to save
the Planet Earth.“
-Barack Obama
Example
“He was a real Romeo with the ladies.”
- Romeo was a character in Shakespeare’s play, Romeo and Juliet, who expressed his love
romantically
Repetition
Repetition - a technique in which a sound, word, phrase,
or line is repeated for emphasis or unity
Example
I looked upon the rotting sea,
And drew my eyes away;
I looked upon the rotting deck,
And there the dead men lay.
"Rime of the
Ancient Mariner"
by Coleridge
ToneTONE- the author or speaker’s ATTITUDE towards a subject
Tone is all about the author's attitude and is what readers can infer about the writer or narrator through word
choice, phrasing, and figurative language
Mood
Mood - the atmosphere created, the way the literature makes the
reader feel
Mood how a written work makes ME feel
REMEMBER
Tone is created by the author’s choice of words
Mood is the feeling created in the reader
Will all readers identify
the same mood when
reading the same
text?
How to use tone and mood
What can the tone and mood of a piece of literature tell us about the theme?
What is the author trying to communicate with the tone?
Thinking about the tone and your mood while you read can help you gain a deeper
understanding and discover the meaning in the text.