Download
1 / 7
70 likes | 197 Vues
This article delves into the stylistic choices that authors employ to lend their writing a distinct voice. We’ll explore key literary elements such as word choice, sentence structure, and figurative language. Additionally, we'll define crucial terms like allusion, point of view, symbolism, foreshadowing, and flashback, providing insights into how these devices shape narratives. Through examples from notable authors, we’ll illustrate how style, topic selection, and voice contribute to storytelling, engaging readers with personalized stamps of creativity.
E N D
Short Story Style Devices authors use to give their writing their personalized stamp.
Terms to Know • Style: The choices a writer makes that gives him/her a unique voice. • Topic. What does the writer choose to write about? For example, Poe writes about the strange and unusual. Bradbury writes science fiction. • Word Choice. What kinds of words does the author use? • Sentence Structure. Does the writer use long sentences or short simple sentences? • Figurative language. Does the author use metaphors, similes, personification, hyperbole, etc. • Voice. What is the author’s tone or personality?
Terms to Know • Allusion: References to a historical or literary well known person, place, or thing.
Terms to Know • Point of view: The perspective of the narrative. • First Person: One of the characters tells the story. • Third Person Omniscient: An all-knowing narrator tells the story. • Third Person Objective: An outside narrator tells the story as an observer • Third Person Selective: An outside narrator tells the story, but from one or more of the characters’ view point.
Terms to Know • Symbolism: One thing represents another.
Terms to Know • Foreshadowing: Hints of what is to come
Terms to Know • Flashback: Remembering what has already happened.
