The Affect of Magical Realism in Chocolat by Joanne Harris
Summer Reading Project: Chocolat
Literary Terms
1. Simile: a figure of speech in which two essentially unlike things are explicitly compared, usually by means of like or as
Example- Her eyes are like the midnight sky just as they were sparkling.
2. Metaphor: a figure of speech in which a word or phrase that designates one thing is applied to another in another in an implicit comparison
Example- Life is a journey; choose the right path.
3. Style: the way in which something is said, done, expressed or performed
4. Sentence variety: using different kinds of sentences
Example- The boy ate eight slices of pepperoni pizza. Eight, he is going to get sick! Does he know eating that much will make him sick? He is going to eat more pizza, and he is also going to eat some fried chicken.
5. Theme: an implicit or recurrent idea; a motif
6. Understatement: a disclosure or statement that is less than complete
Example- “It’s just a little scratch.”- when there is a huge dent
7. Anaphora: the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of several successive verses, clauses, or paragraphs
Example- “My life is my purpose. My life is my goal. My life is my inspiration.”
8. Epiphora: the repetition of a word or words at the end of two or more successive clauses, phrases, or verses
Example- “I’m a banana, he’s a banana, we’re a banana. Would you like to be a banana too?
9. Personification: a figure of speech in which inanimate objects or abstractions are represented with human qualities or form
Example- The tree danced in the wind as the air was blowing.
10. Verbal irony: irony in which a person says or writes one thing and means something else
Example- "Water is as clear as mud" - The person actually says that the water is not at all clear.
11. Dramatic irony: the dramatic effect achieved by a speech that shows an incongruity of which the characters in the play remain unaware
12. Situational irony: irony involving a situation in which
Literary Terms
1. Simile: a figure of speech in which two essentially unlike things are explicitly compared, usually by means of like or as
Example- Her eyes are like the midnight sky just as they were sparkling.
2. Metaphor: a figure of speech in which a word or phrase that designates one thing is applied to another in another in an implicit comparison
Example- Life is a journey; choose the right path.
3. Style: the way in which something is said, done, expressed or performed
4. Sentence variety: using different kinds of sentences
Example- The boy ate eight slices of pepperoni pizza. Eight, he is going to get sick! Does he know eating that much will make him sick? He is going to eat more pizza, and he is also going to eat some fried chicken.
5. Theme: an implicit or recurrent idea; a motif
6. Understatement: a disclosure or statement that is less than complete
Example- “It’s just a little scratch.”- when there is a huge dent
7. Anaphora: the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of several successive verses, clauses, or paragraphs
Example- “My life is my purpose. My life is my goal. My life is my inspiration.”
8. Epiphora: the repetition of a word or words at the end of two or more successive clauses, phrases, or verses
Example- “I’m a banana, he’s a banana, we’re a banana. Would you like to be a banana too?
9. Personification: a figure of speech in which inanimate objects or abstractions are represented with human qualities or form
Example- The tree danced in the wind as the air was blowing.
10. Verbal irony: irony in which a person says or writes one thing and means something else
Example- "Water is as clear as mud" - The person actually says that the water is not at all clear.
11. Dramatic irony: the dramatic effect achieved by a speech that shows an incongruity of which the characters in the play remain unaware
12. Situational irony: irony involving a situation in which