LiteraryElementsReview超棒文学通俗讲座.ppt

A figure of speech in which an animal, object, force of nature, or idea is given human characteristics. Example: “Because I could not stop for Death, He kindly stopped for me…” ---Emily Dickinson The sequence of events in a narrative work. Exposition Climax Rising Action Falling Action Dénouement Inciting Moment The perspective from which a story is told. In a story with first person POV, the narrator is the character in the story referred to as “I” and the reader sees everything through that character’s eyes An introductory section of a play, speech, or other literary work. The part of a plot where complications develop and increase the reader’s interest. The use of bitter or caustic language to point out shortcomings or flaws. Lisa Simpsons Retort * See also “Ms. McIntosh” Writing that uses humor or wit to ridicule the vices and follies of people and societies to bring about improvement. Satire uses devices such as exaggeration, understatement, and irony to make its points. A figure of speech that uses the word like or as to compare to seemingly unlike things. Example: “And she also did a fancy sweep of a curtsy, so that the fluffy skirt of her white dress cascaded to the floor like the petals of a large carnation.” --- from The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan Techniques used to emphasize particular sounds in writing. Alliteration, assonance, consonance, onomatopoeia, rhyme, and rhythm are all examples of sound devices. A generalization about a group of people that is made without regard for individual differences. A character who represents a type that is recognizable as belonging to a particular genre. The main character in a tragedy who suffers a downfall as a result of a fatal character flaw, errors in judgment, or forces beyond human control, such as fate. A tragic hero is usually a person of high status who, out of an excess of pride or power (hubris) violates a human, divine, or natural law. The hero is punished with death for breaking these la