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Unveiling Literary Devices: Key Elements for Lasting Stories

Understand literary devices such as motif, tone, tension, and conflict to unveil deeper themes and meanings in texts. Learn to identify and connect these devices to enhance your reading, writing, and discussion skills.

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Unveiling Literary Devices: Key Elements for Lasting Stories

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  1. What makes a story last… 1st literary device exam October 4th

  2. IDENTIFY them when reading • CONNECT them to theme and meaning • USE these words in speech and writing GOAL

  3. Motif Theme • A reoccurring pattern in a text • Could be an image, symbol, character type, action, idea, object, and/or phrase • A statement made by a text • Connects to bigger picture (self, world) • Directly stated or implied • Open for interpretation • Theme should be stated as a complete sentence • What leads to good discussion • AP prompts • Can be a moral or lesson, or commentary on society

  4. Tone Mood • The attitude of the author toward the reader, audience, and/or subject matter • What does the “voice” sound like? • AP READERS ANALYZE TONE! • Atmosphere of text • The general feeling of the reader as he/she experiences the text

  5. Tension Ambiguity • The relationship between opposing ideas in a text • May be literal/physical or emotional/mental • Good readers look for tension! • New word • Binary=opposite idea • Lack of clarity and/or uncertainty in meaning • Open to multiple interpretations • Prompts dicussion Conflict

  6. Oxymoron Paradox • Juxtaposing 2 opposing words side by side • Bittersweet • Friendly fire • Open secret • Hot ice • Juxtaposing 2 opposing ideas • Those I love the most irritate me the most • I’m so happy I could cry • There is no peace without war Juxtapose—verb: to combine for a contrasting effectJuxtaposition—noun: a combination, when an author juxtaposes

  7. IDENTIFY them when reading • CONNECT them to theme and meaning • USE these words in speech and writing GOAL

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