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The Elements of Literature

The Elements of Literature. Alex Hollis Chapman High School. Talk the Talk. The terms you will learn from this presentation apply to the techniques used by writers to achieve certain effects with their words. Alliteration. The repetition of initial consonant sounds in writing.

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The Elements of Literature

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  1. The Elements of Literature Alex Hollis Chapman High School

  2. Talk the Talk • The terms you will learn from this presentation apply to the techniques used by writers to achieve certain effects with their words.

  3. Alliteration • The repetition of initial consonant sounds in writing. • An example is the repeated h and s sounds in the following lines: “Mother whose heart hung humble as a button on the splendid shroud of your son.” -Stephen Crane

  4. Assonance- the repetition of a vowel sound within nonrhyming words. Examples include: “Helter-Skelter” “Sweet Dreams” “High & Mighty” Consonance- the repetition of consonant sounds within and at the ends of words. Examples include: “Last but not least” “Stroke of luck” Assonance & Consonance

  5. Simile • A comparison of two unlike things using the words like or as. A simile states a comparison directly. • Example: “The little girl fluttered across the back yard like a beautiful butterfly.”

  6. Metaphor • A form of figurative language that makes a comparison between two things. Unlike a simile, it does NOT use the words like or as. • Example: “Love is a door we shall open together.” - Carl Sandburg

  7. Personification • A figure of speech in which human qualities are attributed to an object, animal, or idea. • Example: “The wind ran her fingers through my hair.”

  8. Dialect • The particular variety of a language spoken in a definite place by a distinct group of people. • Following is an example of African-American dialect from Eugenia Collier’s Sweet Potato Pie: “Can’t you git a better shine on them shoes?…Lord, you done messed up that tie!”

  9. Internal Rhyme- rhyme that occurs within a single line of poetry. Ex: “Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary.” - Edgar Allan Poe End Rhyme- Occurs at the ends of lines of poetry. Ex: Roses are red, Violets are blue; Sugar is sweet, And so are you. Internal Rhyme & End Rhyme

  10. Repetition • A literary technique in which a sound, word, phrase, or line is repeated for emphasis. • Ex: “Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way.”

  11. American Memory Collection • Use the information on the previous slides to help you with your Web Quest. You may access the Web Quest at my homepage.

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