Literary Scavenger Hunt

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LITERARY ELEMENTS/TERMS SCAVENGER HUNT

Define the following literary elements. You may use a literature book, dictionary, or computer (if available).  After you have defined the elements rewrite the definition in your own words. Write an example representing EACH element. Your example may come from a selection you have read in another class, a selection from the literature book, a novel/short story you have read on your own, movie, documentary etc.  After each element you must cite the source for example. You may use my definition but you may not use my example.J You must state how your example qualifies for the element. Be creative with examples. Try to think of an example that others may not use.

EXAMPLE:

Stream of Consciousness

Definition:

Stream of consciousness is characterized by a flow of thoughts and images, which may not always appear to have a coherent structure or cohesion. The plot line may weave in and out of time and place, carrying the reader through the life span of a character or further along a timeline to incorporate the lives (and thoughts) of characters from other time periods. Writers who create stream-of-consciousness works of literature focus on the emotional and psychological processes that are taking place in the minds of one or more characters. Important character traits are revealed through an exploration of what is going on in the mind.

Own Words:  The Author’s way of letting you hear the character’s thoughts. No other characters can hear these thoughts. Information intended for the reader or viewer.  Much like a mental soliloquy.

Example:

“ I’d never really given much thought to how I would die…Surely it was a good way to die, in the place of someone else, someone I loved.” –Bella, Twilight

Explanation:

In this quote Bella is on her way to the ballet studio to rescue her mother who is supposedly being held hostage by James. Bella has resigned herself to the fact that this encounter will probable not end well because James is dangerous. Bella is telling herself that if she has to die she thinks that dying in the place of someone you love, in this case her mother, is probable a good way to die. Noble even. This quotation is also foreshadowing her love and devotion for Edward when facing the Volturi in the subsequent novel and tends to be the theme of the series as each character risks their lives/existence for those they love.

Literary elements/Terms

Theme                            

Foreshadowing                         

Stream of Consciousness

Slant Rhyme                 

Conflict                                     

Parody

Onomatopoeia                         

Archetype                                 

Archaism

Soliloquy                      

Aside                                        

Plot (incl, RA, Climax, FA, Resol.)

Allegory                        

Oxymoron                                

Gothic Literature

Gothic Romance         

 Hyperbole                                 

Allusion

Alliteration (Do not use Peter Piper…)                        

Irony

Metaphor                     

 Simile                                       

Antagonist

Protagonist                

Character                                 

Metonymy

Connotation                

Denotation                              

Couplet

Sonnet              

Myth                                         

Narrative

Parable                        

Dialogue                                   

Personification

Flashback                   

Rhyme Scheme                        

Setting