Literary Device Boot Camp

Class Nine
LAE3333
KATIE RYBAKOVA

Housekeeping
Attendance
Observations
Case study questions
Lesson plan questions

Chapter Presentation Chapter 8

Present powerful Powerpoint presentation properly!

5 min break
Serenity now

Sanity later

Literary techniques- Allegory

Allegory

story or poem in which characters, settings, and events stand

for other people or events or for abstract ideas or qualities

Allusion
reference to someone or something that is known

from history, literature, religion, politics, sports,

science, or another branch of culture. An indirect
reference to something
* Fun fact: NOT illusion!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9umKzABfHjo

Anthropomorphism
AKA personification BUT
While personification gives human qualities to an

inhuman object
Anthropomorphism means the inhuman object IS
doing something human
Anthropomorphism

Personification
The repeated ticking of
the clock seemed to insist that
the situation was urgent.

Exposition
a comprehensive description and explanation of an

idea or theory
AKA an explanation
AKA expository essay

Foil
A character who acts as contrast to another

character. Often a funny side kick to the dashing

hero, or a villain contrasting the hero

Parallelism
the repetition of words or phrases that have similar

grammatical structures
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it

was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness,

it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of
incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the
season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was
the winter of despair.

A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens

Whew. Done with Literary Techniques.

Onwards!
Literary techniques- ways you write, structure of

writing
Literary elements- An inherent existence- every
piece needs to some of these to make it a story

Literary elements
Antagonist
Protagonist

Characterization

Narrator
AKA the bad guy, the good guy, and the voice in the background

Literary Elements

What is the difference between tone and mood?

Literary elements
Diction- the choice and use of words and phrases in

speech or writing

Adele versus Lil Wayne

Motif- A distinctive feature or dominant idea, a reoccurring

image
VS
Theme- The central idea or message

The theme: Terror, mysticism, superstition, bad luck

Point of View
FIRST PERSON POINT OF VIEW one of the

characters tells the story.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAp9BKosZXs

THIRD PERSON POINT OF VIEW an unknown

narrator, tells the story, but this narrator zooms

in to focus on the thoughts and feelings of only
one character.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtNYA4pAGjI
OMNISCIENT POINT OF VIEW an omniscient

or all knowing narrator tells the story, also using

the third person pronouns. This narrator, instead
of focusing on one character only, often tells us
everything about many characters. www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJgoHgpsb9I
OBJECTIVE POINT OF VIEW a narrator who is

totally impersonal and objective tells the story,

with no comment on any characters orwww.youtube.com/watch?v=ODGA7ssL-6g
events.

Figurative Language Activity

Of course, all of you have brilliant ideas as to how to

decorate your classrooms

Figurative Language Activity

In pairs, you are going to create

your own giant sticky note

reminder for a term that will be
given to you. You must define the
term and give an example USING
some sort of popular culture or
something relevant to your
students. Feel free to decorate.
After ten minutes, we will walk
around the room and survey how
awesome all of your decorative
AND informative figurative
language posters are

You are done! Whew!

For next time

Dynamics- Chp 9
Genre Theory- 53-72
Be ready for quiz on literary devices/genre

theory
Mini paper 4- Multimedia

Screenshots of Pinterest
Links to podcasts/videos
Link to glog (make sure it is public)