1. Take any sample of 100 words in complete sentences. 2. Count only full sentences. If the last sentence ends short of 100 words‚ stop at that stage. 3. Count the number of words in the sample with 3 or more syllables‚ omitting capitalised words. Call this X 4. Divide by 100 the number of sentences to give an answer Y. 5. Add X + Y to give an answer Z. 6. Multiply Z by 0.3 to give an American grade equivalent. 7. Add 5.0 to your answer to give a British reading
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ambiguity of manner. 8. Anachronism – Something or someone that is not in its correct historical or chronological time‚ esp. a thing or person that belongs to an earlier time: The sword in an anachronism in modern warfare. 9. Anaphora – A rhetorical device in which a word or phrase is repeated at the beginnings of successive phrases or sentences. Compare this to epistrophe‚ where such repetitions occur at the ends. (lesson 10. Analogy – A similarity between like features of two things‚ on which a
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Literary Devices Allegory A form of extended metaphor‚ in which objects‚ persons‚ and actions in a narrative‚ are equated with the meanings that lie outside the narrative itself. The underlying meaning has moral‚ social‚ religious‚ or political significance and characters are often personifications of abstract ideas as charity‚ greed‚ or envy. Thus an allegory is a story with two meanings‚ a literal meaning and a symbolic meaning. Alliteration The repetition of the same sound at the beginning
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real… Aristotle wrote about many things‚ one of the most prized literary works is his work on poetics. He talks about all the things that make a good play‚ good. How to capture the people’s attention‚ and keep them guessing. A few of the things Aristotle wrote about in his literary arraignment Poetics‚ are the importance of a protagonist‚ having a fall of the protagonist‚ and the antagonist. In Poetics by Aristotle it mentions the importance of having a protagonist‚ in the movie Ender’s Game it shows
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LITERARY DEVICES (ELEMENTS AND TECHNIQUES) Allegory Definition: An allegory is a symbolism device representing an abstract idea. Example: Faith is like a stony uphill climb: a single stumble might send you sprawling but belief and steadfastness will see you to the very top. Alliteration Definition: Alliteration is a literary device where words are used in quick succession and begin with letters belonging to the same sound group. Example: The Wicked Witch of the West went her own way. Allusion
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the Lyrical Ballads. It has been generally supposed that Wordsworth’s theory of poetic language is merely a reaction against‚ and a criticism of‚ ‘the Pseudo Classical’ theory of poetic diction. Such a view is partially true. His first impulse was less a revolt against Pseudo-classical diction‚ “than a desire to find a suitable language for the new territory of human life which he was conquering for poetic treatment”. His aim was to deal in his poetry with rustic and humble life
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Poetic Devices and Forms Line - equates a spatial measure or words or sounds‚ a fundamental conceptual unit. Stanza - a grouping of two or more lines of a poem in terms of length‚ metrical form‚ or rhyme scheme. Figurative language - Expressions or statements that are intentionally not literally true. Metaphor - A comparison between two objects with the intent of giving deeper meaning to the second. Forms of the "to be" verb are often used; "is" or "was". All the world’s a stage And men
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Literary Device Notes Alliteration Repeating the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. Allusion A figure of speech that makes a reference to‚ or representation of‚ people‚ places‚ events‚ literary work‚ myths‚ or works of art‚ either directly or by implication. Bildungsroman A type of novel concerned with education‚ development‚ and maturation of a young protagonist. Essentially‚ a Bildungsroman traces the formation of a protagonist’s maturity (the passage
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LITERARY DEVICES Copyright © 2007 by Jay Braiman www.mrbraiman.com Literary devices refers to specific aspects of literature‚ in the sense of its universal function as an art form which expresses ideas through language‚ which we can recognize‚ identify‚ interpret and/or analyze. Literary devices collectively comprise the art form’s components; the means by which authors create meaning through language‚ and by which readers gain understanding of and appreciation for their works. They also provide
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general did not have a lot of respect‚ but if you were a Black woman during this time‚ it was even worse. In Gwendolyn Brook’s novel Maud Martha‚ displays the idea that Black woman had to be beautiful‚ obedient‚ and is able to produce children in order to have respect. Gwendolyn Brooks brings this idea forward with her characters Helen and Martha in her novel Maud Martha. The idea of respectability politics is that if a minority group‚ in this situation it is Black woman‚ they most act in a certain
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