Learning Goal: Understand the use of imagery, figurative language, and symbolism in fiction.
1. Identify a literary device used in the novel. Copy the line and page number.
2. Explain how the device helped to make meaning clear.
3. What effect did the device have on the mood, tone, or message?
Refer to pages 538-539 of the blue Holt Elements of Literature textbook for detailed descriptions of literary devices. The main literary devices include imagery, figurative language, and symbolism. According to our textbook they can be defined as:
Imagery is language that creates pictures. Imagery can reach our other senses. It can help us not only to see something but also to smell or taste it, hear it, and feel its texture and temperature. (Example: “The first stroke of the young violinist’s bow produced a piercing whine, so unintended that the artist’s eyes rolled in sympathy with his audience.” )
Figurative language includes similes, metaphors, and personification.
In a simile, a writer compares two unlike things using the words ‘like’ or ‘as’ or ‘than’ or ‘resembles.’
(Example: “The sea was as smooth as glass.” )
(Example: “The sea was as smooth as glass.” )
In a metaphor a writer compares two things directly, without using the words like, as, than, or resembles. (Example: “The sea was a sheet of glass.”)
In personification something nonhuman is given human characteristics. (Example: “The sea sang a song of peace.”)
In literature a symbol is a person, place, or thing that stands for itself and for something beyond itself as well. For example, a red rose might stand for or symbolize love.
"The early summer sky was the color of cat vomit"
ReplyDeleteIt told me the sky color was an ugly pink.
It made me laugh because I've seen cat vomit and that would be hard to imagine the sky that shade of pink
it was imagery but i I forgot that in my last post
ReplyDeleteGarbo mansion was a teapot between two glasses of champagne.
ReplyDeleteIt helps me know the size of Garbo mansion.
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garbo mansion size elevaters alex mattey
ReplyDeleteOn page 9 it stated "It was a drum machine as wide as a house". this is imagery!
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"But she'd never realized that a few kilometers upstream from the dam, the stately band of silver became a snarling monster."
ReplyDeleteThis is imagery because it shows you what the river will be like when she got upstream--uncontrollable.
--Emily F., 2nd block
"The machine whined back into life." (184). (Maddie) I pictured the machine making a whining noise and going back up into the air. (Emily) I think it effected the mood because it got me thinking about a whining machine
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on page 56 it says that( ,the stately band of silver became a snarling monster.) I pictured the river splashing and I heard the water hitting the river sides. I felt like I was there.
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on page 62 it compares the rusties to bees in a hive working together
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(period six)
I thought the Rusty Ruins was very discriptive and lots of imagery how it described everything laying around and all the broken buildings.
ReplyDeleteKYLEA H.
"Thunder came from the sky, like a giantdrum beatingfiercy and fast, forcing its way into her head."
ReplyDeleteI think that was very good imagery.
Holly L. Period 7
"A few blank windows stared down on them in silencefrom the husks of the giant buildings. Any glass had long since shattered, and wood had rotted, and nothing remained but metal frames, mortar, and stone crumbling in the grip of invading vegitation."
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This paragraph helped me imagion the Rusty Ruins.
The words made the Rusty Ruins sound desserted.
~Carly Schmit
7th period
"A shape emergedfrom the forest, a long spine that rose and fell like a frozen wave" Page 63
ReplyDeleteThe literary device is simile. The mood is scary.
~LaUrEn H~ Period 7
On page 57, the book says: "The distant city was a bright coin nestled in darkness, the fireworks of New Pretty Town the barest cold-blue shimmer." This is imagery because you can picture what New Pretty Town looks like from far.
ReplyDelete-Caitlin M. Period 7.
On page 9 it stated "It was a drum machine as wide as a house". This is imagery because its comparing a drum machine to a wide house. This could also be a similey
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"Tally's board cruised back on its own, nuzzling at her ankles like an apologetic dog". This is an example of Imagery because it gives me a image of what is happenning. This phrase is found on page 33. It gave not a lot of effect.
ReplyDelete- Tarah E., anna s., Margaret K.
"The early summer sky was the color of cat vomit"
ReplyDeleteIt makes me visuualise What color the sky was. it was imagery
By Alex Mattey And Andrew Stewart
One literary device in uglies was on pg.128 it said "Seconds later the room spoke reply from doctor cable: a car will be sent for you, arriving in twenty minutes."
ReplyDeleteThis is an example of personification because rooms cannot speak
Jess M. Period One
On page 61 "A few blank windows stared down on them in silence from the husks of the giant buildings” This is the Literary Divise Personification. windows cannot stare at you!! :)
ReplyDelete-Sarah Jones Period 4 <3
Why is eveyone doing the imagery from the cat vomit thing??? its soooo done! jeez, be a little more original from time to time! 1st page is really not that special, its supposed to be like that!!! derf!! (she says with love. lol)
ReplyDelete-Sarah Jones 4th period
They were very discriptive in the rusty ruins,
ReplyDeletethey said the tall bulding and black windows and inside a dark hall.And the gap in the roller coster very discriptive.
Peoriod 4th
Erika Chaney
on page 11 it discribes Garbo mansion like a teapot between two slender glasses of champagne
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Tim M
period six
On page 3, it states, "The early summer sky was the color of cat vomit". We say this is a metaphor because it compares two things(the early summer sky, and cat vomit)without using the words like or as.
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Period 6
Ok it says the room talks to her and says goodnight and everything, and it is in the furture but room's can't talk now.....:)P.O.P.E
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Cailyn nice imagery it really helped me vizualize the Garbo Mansion. :)
ReplyDelete~Car!y $. haha ;)
i thought one passage with good use of imagery was where it said "the garden winded like a black river through the bright lit towers reflecting perfectly of the water." i could really imagine giant towers all bright and full of people reflecting of a pitch black garden as shiny as a river for it to reflect off.
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That's a really good one Kylea nice ;)
ReplyDeleteCarly S
7th period
On page 11 it describes Garbo Mansion and it was being campared to 2 slender galsses fof chamnpange!
ReplyDeleteWE FOUND A LITERARY DEVICE....... ON PAGE 210 IT SAYS... VINES TORE FROM THE GROUND AND TALLY COULD FEEL THEIR COMPLAINS THROUGH THE SOLES OF HER SHOES LIKE A DISTANT EARTHQUAKE RUMBLEING
ReplyDeleteBTW ITS A SIMILE!! AND A METAPHOR!!
~ ANDI S. AND CHRISTINA N. BLOCK 6! YAY!