First Real Day

1.   Journal--  What are the literary terms/devices for?  Why do we need them?

Satire-    The Onion, sarcasm, something that seems true but is really false, used to make fun of what is true.

Theme- The message.
Plot-  Sequence of events.
Conflict- A problem.
Internal Conflict-  Man v Self
External Conflict- Man v something outside.
Character- The main subject of the story (plus others)
Characterization- 
Direct-   The author tells you what the character is like
Indirect - reader infers what the character is like.
Setting- time and place
Metaphor- comparison b/t two things.
Simile-       ''                ''            ''            ''   with like or as.
Protagonist-  Main character-
Antagonist-   Villain.
Forshadowing-  Inferring what comes next.
Story Arc-  exposition, Rising action, climax, falling action
First Person-  I, us, we
Third person- He, she, them, his, they,
Second person-reader is part of the story, author uses you.
Symbolism- object/idea represents something else- US flag.
Rhyme-  agreement of sounds.
Stereotype-a generalization about person based on groups.
Tone-  The author's attitude
Mood-  The reader's feelings
Irony-  Opposite of what's expected.

Dramatic-  Reader knows, character doesn't.

Situation-  Difference between the expected and what happens

Verbal-  Speaker says one thing but means the opposite.

Personification- human traits to non human things.
Onomatopoeia-  Word that stands for a sound: pow.
Pun- a play on words-- one word two meanings.

euphemism- a common way of saying something that means something else.

Diction- the word choice of the author.
Cliche- common, repeated phrase.
Alliteration- Repeating sounds.
Imagery-  Sensory input to the reader- images, sounds, etc.
Paradox- A contradictory statement.
Dialogue-  Characters speaking.
hyperbole-  Over exaggeration.
Fig. Lang-  any language that isn't literal.
Narrator- speaker of the story.
Connotation-  What a word means in use.
Denotation-  Dictionary definition.
Assonance- repeating vowel sounds.
Consonance- Repeating consonant sounds.
Slant Rhyme- almost rhyme
End stopped- punctuation at the end of a line.
Foot-  stressed or unstressed syllables.
meter- pattern of stresses.
rhythm-  the flow.
end rhyme-  rhymes at the end of line.
internal rhyme- rhymes in the middle
Enjambment- line doesn't stop at the end, continues to the next line.

Line- a line is a unit of measurement into which a poem or play is divided.

Stanza-  A group of lines

Couplets-  two line group
Tercets-    three line group
Quatrains- 4 line group.
Sonnet-  A set type of poem with 14 lines. 


HW-  Identify 10 literary devices in this poem