The Count of Monte Cristo Writers make DELIBERATE

The Count of Monte Cristo

§Writers make DELIBERATE choices about what they put in and leave out of their work. The details they include are CLUES to the (deeper) meaning of their work.

§ANALYZE and INTERPRET WHY the author chooses a particular literary term or device in order to create a deeper meaning within the text & to give you a clue as to that meaning.

§ 1) WHY this particular image, color, smell, comparison, adjective? § 2) What is he/she trying to help me better understand or reveal about § a. character? or § b. conflict? or § c. the larger message of the text?

Word (Figurative/Literary Language) Definition (of the figurative/literary language) Quote from the novel that has the example of the literary device Explanation of the quote and what it helps the reader better understand about the text; needs "helps the reader better understand" and "because"

§ Underneath the book quote (on left), you must have § an explanation of WHAT the device/term HELPS THE READER § BETTER UNDERSTAND. Be sure to EXPLAIN yourself. § 1) Begin sentence with author and title § 2) Underline the term § 3) Underline helps the reader better understand § 4) Underline because

Sensory Language Words that appeal to the five senses The dawn came quickly In The Pearl, Steinbeck uses now, a wash, a glow, a sensory language to help the reader better understand the lightness, and then an beauty of the morning sunrise explosion of fire as the as Kino experiences it because sun arose out of the gulf. this feeling of connection that Kino has with nature will later be (pg. 3) destroyed by the pearl.

Exaggeration for effect Hyperbole In The Pearl, Steinbeck uses hyperbole It was the greatest to help the reader understand not just pearl in the world. (Pg. the size of the pearl but its effect on Kino because finding a pearl of this 19) size will change his life – for good or bad.

Metaphor A comparison between two unlike things by saying one thing is another. The poison sacs of the town began to manufacture venom, and the town swelled and puffed with the pressure of it. (pg. 23) In The Pearl, Steinbeck uses the metaphor of poison sac to refer to the sentiments of the townspeople towards Kino to help the reader understand _____ because __________.

§In The Pearl, Steinbeck uses the metaphor of poison sac to refer to the sentiments of the townspeople towards Kino to help the reader understand how much the finding of the pearl has disrupted the status quo because eventually the poison or ill-will boils over and hurts Kino and his family.

§The priest came in…Children, he considered these people, and he treated them like children. (pg. 27)

Simile The priest came in…Children, he considered these people, and he treated them like children. (pg. 27) A comparison between two unlike things using like or as

Simile A comparison between two unlike things using like or as The priest came in…Children, he considered these people, and he treated them like children. (pg. 27) In The Pearl, Steinbeck uses a simile comparing the Indians to children to the help the reader understand how the power structure in the town views the Indians because if they do no believe them capable of deep thought, they can continue to subjugate

§And the beauty of the pearl, winking and glimmering in the light of the little candle cozened his brain with its beauty. . . It closed a door on hunger. (pg. 39)

Personification Giving human qualities to nonhuman things And the beauty of the pearl, winking and glimmering in the light of the little candle cozened his brain with its beauty. . . It closed a door on hunger. (pg. 39) In The Pearl, Steinbeck uses personification to help the reader understand the power of the pearl because he characterizes it as if is actually human and can accomplish important tasks on its own such as save a family from hunger.