Transcript To kill mockingbird Unit Two

TO KILL MOCKINGBIRD
UNIT TWO
L I T E R A RY T E R M S A N D D E V I C E S
DICTION
• Diction is the author's choice of words, taking into
account correctness, clearness, and effectiveness.
There are typically recognized to be four levels of
diction:
Formal: impersonal and elevated use of language. It is
often characterized by complex words.
Informal: Language that is correct, but conversational.
It is the type of language used everyday.
DICTION
Colloquial: Refers to the way things are said in a
local area, that might be different to other parts. It
is a local slang.
Slang: type of speech characterized by humor,
exaggeration or shortened words.
CHARACTERIZATION
• Characterization: the way an author develops characters
in a story.
• Direct: the writer makes direct statements about a
character's personality, physical appearance, and what the
character is like
Indirect: the writer reveals information about a character
and his personality through that character's thoughts,
words, and actions, along with how other characters
respond to that character, including what they think and
say about him.
The reader has to infer more about the character when the
author uses indirect characterization
THEME
• Theme: the message/lesson that the author wants
the reader to get from reading his or her piece.
• Stated: is a theme that is directly told to the reader
by a character in the story or the narrator.
• Implied: is a theme that is revealed to the reader
through the actions, thoughts and feelings of the
characters. This happens over the course of the
plot.
POINT OF VIEW
• Point of view: the perspective from which the events of the
plot are being told to the reader.
There are 4 types:
• 1st person point of view: when a character within the story
presents the events to the reader. This narrator only gives
his/her thoughts and feelings- so it is a very limited
perspective, but you get to know the narrator very well.
• 3rd person limited: this narrator sits outside of the story
and presents the information to the reader. This narrator
only gives the thoughts and feelings of ONE of the
characters in the story.
POINT OF VIEW
• 3rd person objective : this narrator sits outside of the story
and presents the information to the reader. This narrator
gives NONE of the thoughts and feelings of the characters
in the story- he/she just presents the plot-therefor he/she is
considered a reliable narrator.
• Omniscient : this narrator sits outside of the story and
presents the information to the reader. This narrator
gives ALL of the thoughts and feelings of every character
in the story.
SIMILE
• Figurative language that uses like or as to directly
compare two unlike things
• Example : the nurse is like an angel.
EXTENDED METAPHOR
• Metaphor: a comparison of two unlike things; a metaphor
implies the comparison by stating one thing IS another thing.
Example- Your room is a pig sty.
• Extended Metaphor: A comparison between two unlike things
that continues throughout a series of sentences in a paragraph or
lines in a poem.
ExampleHope is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul,
And sings the tune--without the words,
And never stops at all
MOTIF
• A motif in literature is a recurrent image,
idea or theme. An author may use an object,
a color or an emotion to symbolize an idea.
PARALLEL PLOTS
Parallel Plots: Two storylines that happen at
the same time in one novel.
In the parallel plot, the characters might start
out together and separate to follow their own
paths. Or they may not connect until the end.
Their story lines are related and the climax
occurs when the two come together at the end.
SYMBOL/ SYMBOLISM
• Symbolism: the use of symbols (something
concrete) to give meaning or represent something
that is abstract.
• Example:
Abstract= Love
Concrete= Heart