Unveiling Literary Techniques in Storytelling
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Explore how authors use allusion, characterization, imagery, onomatopoeia, personification, setting, and symbolism to shape narratives. Dive into the world of storytelling with key literary elements.
Unveiling Literary Techniques in Storytelling
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Allusion • Reference to a mythological, literary, or historical person, place, or thing • He had the strength of Hercules!
Characterization • The way an author helps you get acquainted with a character in the story • How Frances looks, talks, acts
Imagery • Words that help the reader experience the way things look, sound, smell, taste, or feel in the story • The boy with one leg hopped like a kangaroo racing away from a lion.
Onomatopoeia • Sound words used for imagery • bang, buzz, rings, sizzle
Personification • The giving of human characteristics to inanimate objects • The bewitched chair galloped across the room.
Setting • The time and place of the events in the story
Symbolism • A person, place, or object that stands for something other than itself • In the story “Eleven”, the old, red, stretched-out sweater symbolized a LOSER to the main character, and she was upset that people thought it belonged to her.