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Understanding Literary Devices: Anecdotes, Puns, Idioms, and More

This guide explores essential literary devices, including anecdotes, puns, idioms, connotation, denotation, rhetorical questions, and figurative language. An anecdote is a brief narrative highlighting a specific point, often used to engage an audience, like a cautionary tale in a speech. A pun plays with word sounds and meanings for humorous effect. Idioms and connotations enrich language with cultural significance and implied meanings. Understanding these devices enhances both writing and analysis, making it crucial for effective communication.

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Understanding Literary Devices: Anecdotes, Puns, Idioms, and More

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  1. Lit Terms 3

  2. Anecdote • A short narrative account of an amusing, unusual, revealing, or interesting event. A good anecdote has a single, definite point, and the setting, dialogue, and characters are usually subordinate to the point of the story. • Ex: • At the beginning of a speech about fire safety, the speaker tells a short cautionary tale about a serious injury that occurred as a result of not following protocol.

  3. Pun • A play on two words similar in sound but different in meaning. • Ex • After periodic doubts about his vocational calling, the young chemistry teacher concluded he was out of his element. • The church choir robes were too long and needed to be hymned.

  4. Idiom • An expression in one language that cannot be closely matched or translated easily into another language. • Ex • A Chip on your shoulder • Sick as a dog • Pay the piper

  5. Connotation • The implied definition of a word- goes beyond the literal definition. • Ex • Cheap, Frugal, Miserly, Economical • Confident, Secure, Proud, Egotistical

  6. Denotation • The minimal, strict definition of a word as found in a dictionary, disregarding any historical or emotional connotation. • Ex • House vs home • Vizzini: He didn't fall? Inconceivable.Inigo Montoya: You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.(The Princess Bride, 1987)

  7. Rhetorical Question • a statement that is formulated as a question but that is not supposed to be answered. • Ex • "If practice makes perfect, and no one's perfect, then why practice?"(Billy Corgan) • "Isn't it a bit unnerving that doctors call what they do 'practice'?"(George Carlin)

  8. Figurative Language • Language that contains or uses figures of speech • Similes • Metaphors • Etc • Ex • Her head was spinning from all the new information. • The toast jumped out of the toaster. • I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.

  9. Purpose • The reason for which something is done or created or for which something exists. • 3 main purposes: • To inform • To persuade • To entertain

  10. Compare • To point out/discover similarities between things.

  11. Contrast • To point out/discover differences between things.

  12. Inference • A conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning.

  13. Main Idea • the main points of a speech; the subtopics of a speech..

  14. Supporting Detail • Details that give more information about and support the main idea.

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