Transcript Literary Terms Project - Vista Unified School District

• DEFINITION- A rhetorical trope concerning the shifts of
imagery. Synesthesia takes one type of sensory
contribution and commingles with another different
sense in an impractical way. The use of synesthesia
allows us to describe how a smell looks, or how a color
sounds.
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• When we say a musician hits a "blue
note" while playing a sad song, we
engage in synesthesia.
• When we talk about a certain shade of
color as a "cool green," we mix tactile
or thermal imagery with visual
imagery the same way.
• When we talk about a "heavy silence,"
we also use synesthesia.
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• DEFINITION- Organization of words into sentences,
clauses or even phrases. Syntax can reveal a writer's
level of creativity and ability to take risks.
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• “It was carelessly, at first, like a man
chiefly accustomed to
look inward, and to whom external
matters are of little value
and import unless they bear relation to
something within his
mind.”
• “Yes; quaint and curious war is!”
• To your house we are going.
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• DEFINITION-A distinct, recurring or unifying idea.
Sometimes the theme can be very elusive. Themes are
the fundamental and often universal ideas discovered in
any literary work.
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Romeo and Juliet:
• “True love involves taking risks.”
• “Discrimination can ruin the opportunity of
happiness in love”
• “Romantic love between two people can have
an unbreakable bond”
Martin Luther king:
• No matter what peoples differences are, they
can still work together in harmony
• All men are created equally.
Night :
• “Eliezer’s Struggle to Maintain Faith in a
Benevolent God.”
• “Inhumanity Toward Other Humans.”
• “The Importance of Father-Son Bonds.”
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Fable - The theme of a fable is its moral.
Parable -The theme of a parable is its teaching.
Fiction- The theme is not directly stated.
Non-fiction- The theme may be directly stated.
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• DEFINITION-The way somebody says something as an
indicator of what the person is feeling or thinking. Tone
describes the authors attitude toward his audience and
own writings.
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Martin Luther’s speech, “I have a dream.”
• Tone-determined, passionate, hopeful,
optimistic & willing.
The Last Song
• Tone- regretful & forgiving.
A Walk to Remember
• Tone- Romantic and adoring.
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• Definition- A statement or concept that is put forward
as a premise to be corroborated. A thesis statement
makes a claim and expresses the authors point of view,
purpose, or position.
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• "Although Miss Rose appears clueless,
her nail file and stiletto heels are the
evidence that it was she who broke into
the library and literally put her enemy,
Professor Plum, in between two heavy
copper book-ends.”
• In the “Atlanta Compromise Address”
Washington uses the rhetorical
strategies of metaphors, the effective use
of anaphora and enthusiastic diction to
portray his view that the blacks and
whites should live in harmony.
• Students with higher levels of success
rates in solving calculus problems tend
to be frequent exploiters of
metacognitive thinking strategies.
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Works Cited
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01 Apr. 1998. Web. 29 Sept. 2011
Dyslex, Amy. "Thesis Statement Examples." Write A Writing. Writer's
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Kay, John. "Scarlet Letter - Syntax & Imagery." Essay Depot.
EssayDepot.com, 28 Jan. 2010. Web. 29 Sept. 2011.
Sweeney, Erica. "What Is Syntax? | EHow.com." EHow | How to Videos,
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Demand Media, Inc, 05 Apr. 2010. Web. 30 Sept. 2011.
Wright, Joanne L. "SparkNotes: Night: Themes, Motifs & Symbols." SparkNotes:
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