THE TELL TALE HEART Figures of Speech EQ
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“THE TELL TALE HEART” Figures of Speech
EQ: IN WHAT WAYS DOES THE AUTHOR’S CHOICE OF WORDS IMPACT THE MOOD AND TONE OF THE TEXT? v. Figurative language v language that uses words or expressions with a meaning that is different from the literal v. Literal language interpretation. v When a writer uses literal language, he or she is simply stating the facts as they are.
EQ: IN WHAT WAYS DOES THE AUTHOR’S CHOICE OF WORDS IMPACT THE MOOD AND TONE OF THE TEXT? v. Symbolism v A symbol is a person, place, or an object, or action that stands for something beyond itself v. Ex v The beating heart could symbolize the narrator’s guilt or his own fear
EQ: IN WHAT WAYS DOES THE AUTHOR’S CHOICE OF WORDS IMPACT THE MOOD AND TONE OF THE TEXT? v. Personification v Giving attributes/qualities of a human being to an animal, object, or concept v Ex v “Death in approaching him had stalked with his black shadow before him and enveloped the victim. ”
EQ: IN WHAT WAYS DOES THE AUTHOR’S CHOICE OF WORDS IMPACT THE MOOD AND TONE OF THE TEXT? v Simile v A comparison of two unlike things using like or as v So I opened it – you cannot imagine how stealthily, stealthily v Ex. – until at length [a single dim ray like thread of the spider] shot out from the crevice and fell upon the vulture eye.
EQ: IN WHAT WAYS DOES THE AUTHOR’S CHOICE OF WORDS IMPACT THE MOOD AND TONE OF THE TEXT? Metaphor v. A comparison between two unlike Ex. things WITHOUT using like or as v“He was stone dead”
EQ: IN WHAT WAYS DOES THE AUTHOR’S CHOICE OF WORDS IMPACT THE MOOD AND TONE OF THE TEXT? Alliteration v The repetition of initial consonant sounds. ex v “Hearken! And observe how healthily, how calmly, I can tell you the whole story. ”
EQ: IN WHAT WAYS DOES THE AUTHOR’S CHOICE OF WORDS IMPACT THE MOOD AND TONE OF THE TEXT? v. Irony v Literary technique that involves surprising, interesting, or amusing contradictions. It’s a contrast between what is expected and what actually v. Example exists or happens. v “I was never kinder to the old man than during the whole week before I killed him. ”
v Repetition v literary device that repeats the same words or phrases a few times to make an idea clearer or v Ex. to create a certain effect, such as tension v True! Nervous-very nervous, dreadfully nervous I had been and am.
