Estancia High School – Comp/Lit II 10th Grade Literary Terms to Know CA 9/10 Content Standards: Reading/Literary Response and Analysis 3.3 – students apply their understanding of content-area terminology during narrative analyses of grade-level literary texts ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This sheet includes the most common literary terms used to support the discussion of literature at the sophomore level
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than itself.” “…the signifier is the form which a sign takes… something which can be seen‚ heard‚ felt‚ smelt or tasted” and the “…signified is the mental concept represented by the signifier”. (Chandler‚ 2013). Denotation is what we physically see as the sign. *SHOW IMAGE* The denotation of a white dove would be that it is a fruit and seed-eating bird with a small head and short legs with a pointed tail and a ‘coo’ as a voice‚ they are also known to be messengers.
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through various media platforms Countertype- A positive stereotype and emphasizes the positive features about a person. Connotation- The human response to a text which is culturally specific‚ the meaning behind the sign Demographic- Dividing the audience up into different groupings of people by age‚ gender‚ location‚ professional status‚ religion and ethnicity. Denotation- Common Sense‚ obvious meaning Disequilibrium- The unbalanced world between the problem and the climax Dominant Ideology-
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Formalist Analysis of “A Thing of Beauty (Endymion)” By John Keats “A Thing of Beauty (Endymion)” is a poem about objects of beauty that exist on earth. John Keats’s repertoire of writing in this poem makes it easy for the reader to understand the poem better. In addition‚ his tone of expressing objects in a rhetorical way as well as an excellent choice of words makes this poem calm‚ peaceful contemplative. The main theme of the poem is the powers of nature. The writer implies that people should
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feeling a sense of sweetness about the pipers melodies. When a writer uses the dictionary definition of a word it is called denotation. Keats speaks of "timbrels" in the tenth line; it should be expected that the majority will not know what that word means. Keats uses connotation to add more passion to his writing and emotion to his words. His use of connotation is concurrent with imagery in the last line of the third stanza when he writes‚ "A burning forehead‚ and a parching tongue."
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manipulating our stereotype of these characters. Our usual knight in armor is a smelly‚ heartless ogre. The damsel in distress is not much of a mannered lady and changes her pretty human shape at nights. The partner‚ the knight’s companion‚ is in denotation and connotation of an ass‚ both a donkey and an imbecile. The feared villain turns out to be a weak midget who cannot do anything for himself. The movie Shrek is not a standard fairytale as the director uses the rhetorical device of logos to archetypes
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Symbolism Symbolism is the use of symbols to signify ideas and qualities by giving them symbolic meanings that are different from their literal sense. Symbolism can take different forms. Generally‚ it is an object representing another to give it an entirely different meaning much deeper and more significant. Sometimes‚ however‚ an action‚ an event or a word spoken by someone may have a symbolic value. For instance‚ “smile” is a symbol of friendship. Similarly‚ the action of someone smiling at you
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1. | Question : | Language performs a ________________‚ which means it allows you to explore and investigate the world‚ solve problems‚ and learn from your discoveries and experiences. | | | Student Answer: | | Personal function | | | | Interactional function | | | | Ritual function | | | | Heuristic function | | Instructor Explanation: | The answer can be found in Section 4.2 of Making Connections. | | | | Points Received: | 1 of 1 | | Comments: | |
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the American connotations for “nerd” and “geek” are offensive and should not be used to describe those people who are dedicated to learning. Fridman’s purpose is to convince all of those nerds and geeks to stop being ashamed and accept themselves for who they are. He adopts a sincere‚ but informative tone to appeal to his audience’s emotions and to inform them of specific facts that he feels his readers should be acquainted with. Fridman initiates his essay by explaining the denotation of the word
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The passage selected for me to analyze is from The Scarlet Letter‚ “The Pastor and His Parishioner.” I believe Hawthorne has written this passage to show the instant connection between Hester and Dimmesdale. After reading the brief passage‚ one can make the assumption of how Chillingworth and Hester are secluded from the world‚ but so close to each other. This is shown through many literary devices such as‚ extended metaphors‚ imagery‚ and diction. You may be saying to yourself‚ “What is an extended
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