This week you learned about several stylistic devices that authors use when modernizing fairy tales. These may include characterization, foreshadowing, mood, symbolism, tension/suspense, and motif. Look for these same stylistic devices in your reading book.
Directions:
1. Identify the book you found that contains a stylistic device in 1 sentence.
2. Identify the stylistic device used in 1 sentence.
3. Explain how the author used the stylistic device in 3-5 sentences.
4. Compare and contrast this author’s use of the stylistic device to an example we discussed in class in 3-5 sentences.
The book that had a stylistic device in is Bone Tall Tales. The stylistic used is characterization. The author used characterization when Big Johnson Bone goes on his journey's he always tells stories that are about him doing something awesome. I think Big Johnson Bone is very full of himself. I tells stories like how he stopped a bear with a dog bone at the age of a day. He used a good example because he is a hero and he has an unique personality. He shows how he protects people and how he has a great past about fighting other creatures and always winning every time. It may be close sometimes but he mostly wins.
ReplyDeleteThe book that I found that had a stylstic device is the book, The Miserable Mill. The stylistic device I found in this book is foreshadowing. The author used foreshadowing when it says "Try as they might,they just couldn't believe it was a concidence that the town in which they were to live had a building that looked just like the tattoo of Count Olaf". The author used foreshadowing to show that Count Olaf was in town. The author showed that later in the story, the kids would run into Count Olaf. It showed what was to come later. We used examples of foreshadowing on paper earlier this month. We said that when the authors are using foreshadowing, you will usally have suspicous charecters which is exactly what there were in my example. We used a magnefying glass to represent foreshadowing in class. The magnefying glass relats to foreshadowing because foreshadowing is when hints or clues are given about what is to come later.
ReplyDeleteI found an example of foreshadowing in my book The Hunger Games. Suzanne Collins uses foreshadowing when she says "The most dangerous part of the Hunger Games is about to begin." This is foreshadowing because she warns the reader that something bad is going to happen. Also, she is telling them this without coming right out and saying "something bad is going to happen". We used foreshadowing when we looked into the stories/poems and found examples. Also, we used a magnifying glass as a visual for foreshadowing. This shows that you have to look for clues to find out what might happen next.
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The book that I selected is the third of the Hunger Game series by Suzanne Collins. I finished all three, with the Mockingjay being the last one. These books are like modern fairy tales, so they seem to fit well in what we are now learning. They are fantasy and adventure for a modern world.
ReplyDeleteIt is hard to pick one stylistic device, since the author uses many. One sentence containing stylistic devices; (mood, tension/suspense) would be the following: “If we declare our freedom, the Capitol collapses. President Snow, thanks to you, I’m officially declaring mine today.” (Katniss knows this will make him furious) Katniss’ mood is strength without fear, but it results in tension for the reader.
There is constant suspense throughout the book because the author goes into Katniss’ thoughts and writes in the first person. The motif is good against the evil of the Capitol. The author uses foreshadowing and imagery; the birds get quiet, or there is an odd smell in the air. Katniss uses her instincts. The Mockingjay is the symbol of rebellion.
Discussing characterization in class, we learned about interaction, speech, thoughts and description and how they are useful to an author.