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LITERARY DEVICES
ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN
BILDUNGSROMAN
A novel which chronicles the physical, emotional, and
psychological development of a young protagonist
through to adulthood
Examples:
Adventures of Huckleberry
Finn, Twain (debatable)
David Copperfield,
Charles Dickens
The Kite Runner, Hosseini
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn,
Smith
COLLOQUIALISM
A conversational expression or spoken, informal level of
speech
Example from modern-day language:
"I think country gets dumped on across the board by the
Grammys."
(Toby Keith)
She was recently dumped by her fiance.
Example from Huck Finn:
“You don’t know about me without you have read a book by the
name of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, but that ain’t no matter.”
DIALECT
The particular variety of language spoken in a definite
place by a distinct group of people
Dialects vary in pronunciation, vocabulary, use of colloquialisms,
and sentence structure
Dialects are used to establish setting and provide local color
Examples:
South: "Y'all"
North: "You guys"
South: "Fixin' to"
North: "About to"
South: "Howdy"
North: "Hey"
South: "Twixt"
North: "Between“
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EPISODIC
Narrative fiction which is structured around a series
of loosely linked vignettes, each of which contains a
conflict, climax, and conclusion
IRONY
A contrast or tension between what is expected and
what occurs
Situational Irony – When a character or reader expects one
thing to happen, but the opposite occurs
Verbal Irony – When a character means the opposite of
what is said (i.e. sarcasm)
ML: Kids, we have a pop quiz today!
KIDS: Oh, great.
Dramatic Irony – When there is a
contrast between what a character
knows and what a reader knows
LOCAL COLOR
The use of characters and details unique to a
particular geographic area.
Created
by the use of customs, clothing, manners,
attitudes, scenery, or landscape
Local color stories were extremely popular after the
Civil War
Examples:
Mark Twain – Mississippi River, Bret Harte – The
Wild West
MOOD
Atmosphere; the feeling created in the reader by a
literary work
Not
to be confused with tone, which reflects the feelings
of the writer
CREEPY:
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NAÏVE NARRATOR
A first-person narrator who, though not always, is
often young and possesses traits of innocence,
openness, candor, and a lack of sophistication
PICARESQUE
A satirical, episodic novel that presents the life story
of:
A
triumphant rascal
Of low social status
Making a living through his wits
POINT OF VIEW
The perspective or vantage point from which a story is
told:
First Person: I saw her from across the hallway and my heart
stopped. I liked that girl.
Second Person: You saw her from across the hallway and
your heart stopped. You liked that girl.
Third Person Limited: He saw her from across the hallway
and his heart stopped. He liked that girl. She smiled at
him. What could that beautiful smile mean? Did she like
him, too?
Third Person Omniscient: He saw her from across the hallway
and his heart stopped. He liked that girl. She saw him and
smiled. She liked him, too.
REALISM
An accurate and detailed portrayal of real life
The literary movement of Realism developed in the
latter half of the 19th century
Based on careful observations about contemporary life
Usually portrays something unapologetically, “warts and all”
EMBRACES: Objectivity and honesty
REJECTS: Sentimentality and idealism
of the previous Romantic movement
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ROMANTICISM
A literary and artistic movement of the first half of the nineteenth
century which arose in reaction against eighteenth century
Rationalism
Values
Imagination
Emotion over reason
Individuality
The exotic
Nature
American Romantics: Poe, Thoreau, Emerson, Dickinson, Hawthorne
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SATIRE
A literary technique in which ideas, customs,
behaviors, or institutions are ridiculed for the
purpose of improving society
Satire uses:
Irony
Sarcasm
Exaggeration
Caricature
TONE
The attitude a writer takes toward a subject. The
language and details used help to create tone.
Examples:
Playful
Serious
Bitter
Angry
Detached
Literary Devices in Modern Reality
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