Literary Analysis
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| speaker | The "voice" that talks to the reader, similar to the narrator in fiction. The speaker is not necessarily the poet.
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| theme | the underlying message about life or human nature that the writer wants the reader to understand
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| symbol | a person, place, object, or activity that stands for something beyond itself
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| mood | the feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader through the use of imagery and descriptive words
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| rhythm | a pattern of long or short syllables in a line, often called a meter
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| rhyme scheme | aabc
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| characterization | the way a writer reveals the character
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| direct characterization | stating directly what a character is like
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| indirect characterization | not directly telling you about a character
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| S.T.E.A.L. | acronym to describe indirect characterization
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| indirect characterization STEAL | Speech, Thoughts, Effects on others, Actions, Looks
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| dynamic or round character | a literary or dramatic character who undergoes an important inner change, as a change in personality or attitude: Ebeneezer Scrooge is a dynamic character.
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| static or flat character | character a literary or dramatic character who undergoes little or no inner change; a character who does not grow or develop
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| tone | th
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| figurative language | literal meaning of words
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| simile | comparing two "unlike things" using like or as
ex: The dog is as smelly as my brother dirty socks.
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| metaphor | comparing two "unlike things" without using like or as but uses the words is, of, am and are
ex: Life is a long roller coaster
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| onomatopoeia | imitates the sound it represents
ex: buzz, boom, crackle, pop, sizzle
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| hyperbole | exaggeration
ex: My Math homework took me 8 million years
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| personification | giving human qualities to something nonhuman
ex:The snowflakes danced in the wind.
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| alliteration | repetition of the same beginning sound in a series of words
ex: peter, piper, picked, a pepper
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