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 Literary Devices
Many of the literary devices in the Scriptures are easy to recognize; yet some may be too subtle for us unless we are more familiar with the language style and idiom of the time of the writers.
I have been selective in my coverage of literary devices used in the Scriptures for the sake of brevity and in order to offer help in understanding certain passages.
Effective speakers and writers have always made good use of literary devices and accommodative language.
http://www.freedomsring.org/ftc/chap8.html

  
 Hebrew Poetry
We may perhaps ascribe this fact mainly to two causes: (1) Since the Bible was regarded as preeminently, if not exclusively, a revelation of the divine mind, attention was fixed upon what it contained, to the neglect of the literary form in which it was expressed.
and literary, not rigid, fixed, scientific" (Preface to the first edition of Literature and Dogma).
The Bible contains literature, poetical and prose, equal as literature to the best, as Matthew Arnold, Carlyle, and Froude (on Job) held.
http://www.bible-researcher.com/hebrew-poetry.html

  
 A Handbook of Rhetorical Devices
This book contains definitions and examples of more than sixty traditional rhetorical devices, all of which can still be useful today to improve the effectiveness, clarity, and enjoyment of your writing.
Disappointed both in love and in friendship, and looking upon human learning as vanity, he had come to a conclusion that there was but one good thing in the world, videlicet, a good dinner.
This is an attractive rhetorical device, because asking an appropriate question appears quite natural and helps to maintain curiosity and interest.
http://www.virtualsalt.com/rhetoric.htm

  
 The Marsh Agency - Rights information
The result is a hilarious yet heartbreaking tale of family and discovery...Foer does a good job of structuring his unique novel and uses a number of unconventional literary devices within the text...For many readers, the 25-year-old writer's semi-autobiographical work will recall Dave Eggers' A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius.
'Jonathan Safran Foer, the 25-year-old prodigy, spins a tale out of shtetl life using every literary trick.
The resulting tour de force is a densely packed tale of history, memory, and redemption.
http://www.marsh-agency.co.uk/rights.asp?title=EVILLF

  
 Middle-class folks fight their demons in two new collections
Other stories falter when their metaphors and literary devices intrude on the real "life" of their characters, offering easy answers and conclusions.
McGraw's characters speak with the snappy wit that is rare in actual human beings but delightful in literary personages.
In "Dropping Bombs," a man tries to tell his visiting mother he is gay.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/archive/2004/07/18/RVG6C7J98V1.DTL

  
 Glossary of Literary Terms
A good example of a myth is The Book of Genesis, which recounts tales of the creation of the universe, the Earth and mankind.
dramatic monologue (dra-MA-tik mon'-O-lôg): a literary device that is used when a character reveals his or her innermost thoughts and feelings, those that are hidden throughout the course of the story line, through a poem or a speech.
We say a poem, novel, story, or other literary work belongs to a particular genre if it shares at least a few conventions, or standard characteristics, with other works in that genre.
http://www.uncp.edu/home/canada/work/allam/general/glossary.htm

  
 Literary Terms A - E
A reference in one literary work to a character or theme found in another literary work.
Modern comedies tend to be funny, while Shakespearean comedies simply end well.
A very short tale told by a character in a literary work.
http://www.tnellen.com/cybereng/lit_terms/terms/

  
 English Subject Guides
Links to selected critical texts, some of which are freely available and some of which require pay-per-use or an online subscription (the library does subscribe to many of the publications).
It indicates important modern editions and reprints of older texts, and serves as a supplement to the original Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature, which includes more comprehensive background biblographies, and next to which it is shelved.
Can be browsed by author, title, or literary period.
http://library.uno.edu/help/subguide/english/english.html

  
 Literary Devices
Allegory: Where every aspect of a story is representative, usually symbolic, of something else, usually a larger abstract concept or important historical/geopolitical event.
Most literary elements can be derived from any and all texts; for example, every story has a
Literary devices refers to any specific aspect of literature, or a particular work, which we can recognize, identify, interpret and/or analyze.
http://mrbraiman.home.att.net/lit.htm

  
 Literary Devices
Sidelight: Tennyson's "Crossing the Bar" demonstrates the effectiveness of this device: metaphorically, he compares a sandbar in the Thames River over which ships cannot pass until high tide, with the natural time for completion of his own life's journey from birth to death.
Sidelight: A type of hyperbole in which the exaggeration magnified so greatly that it refers to an impossibility is called an adynaton.
The elements in a literary work used to evoke mental images, not only of the visual sense, but of sensation and emotion as well.
http://faculty.trinityvalleyschool.org/whitej/LitDevices.html

  
 A Glossary of Literary Terms
Traditionally, most Christian novels have been viewed as having less literary quality than the "great" novels of Western literature.
Scholars and professors want to choose the books they like or which reflect their own ideas, without worrying about canonicity.
Often such novels are set in nonexistent worlds, such as under the earth, in a fairyland, on the moon, etc. The characters are often something other than human or include nonhuman characters.
http://www.virtualsalt.com/litterms.htm

  
 Bible Difficulties
If there is a difficult passage never consult a commentary written by someone who understands the social, historical, literary and cultural context.
Forgetting that only the original text, not every copy of scripture, is without error
Never compare scripture with scripture to find the meaning of difficult texts
http://www.apocalipsis.org/difficulties.htm

  
 Some Dictionaries of Literary Theory and Related Areas
The fourth word in the title is deliberate.
The author's aim is to help "those attempting to use and apply Greek rhetorical methods of argumentation, figures and tropes to literature of the Hellenistic and early Imperial period, [..] particularly the documents of the Greek New Testament" (pp.5-6).
Probably the existence of the expression "literary criticism" led to the use of "critical theory" as a (more powerful?) synonym for "literary theory." ¶ The second word in the title means what it says.
http://www-rci.rutgers.edu/~edmunds/theory.html

  
 Encyclopedia4U - Vision and prophecy - Encyclopedia Article
In literature, vision and prophecy are literary devices used to present a possible timeline of future events.
The New Testament book of Revelation (Bible) thus uses vision as a literary device in this regard.
They can be distinguished by vision referring to what an individual sees happen.
http://www.encyclopedia4u.com/v/vision-and-prophecy.html

  
 literary devices
FORESHADOWING : This is a writers’ technique in which the author provides clues or hints as to what is going to happen later in the story.
In addition to considering the elements of a short story we need to understand the various literary devices that an author may use.
FLASHBACK : This is a writers’ technique in which the author interrupts the plot of the story to recreate an incident of an earlier time (goes back in time; like giving the reader a memory).
http://hrsbstaff.ednet.ns.ca/engramja/litdevic.html

  
 Literary Devices in The Cask of Amontillado
Groups are to finish reading the story and write down 3-5 examples of the device as it is used in the tale.
Each group will be assigned one of the three literary devices used by Poe, so this will work best if 2 groups cover each of the devices.
The student will explain how Poe's use of irony, foreshadowing and sounds creates the horrific effect in the tale.
http://www.cleveland.k12.oh.us/trc/plans/caskof.htm

  
 Literary Devices - Block 1 - QuickTopic bulletin board
The three literary devices are foreshadowing, similies, and imagery.
Explain how each passage provides an example of the specific literary device.
The 3 literary devices are point of view, imagery, and metaphorical language.
http://www.quicktopic.com/24/H/t7WhGNRjAq2Tn

  
 Literary Terms
Please put the literary term being discussed in your missive on the subject line.
http://www.tnellen.com/cybereng/lit_terms

  
 Fahrenheit 451
Read the following and tell what literary device is being employed.
Foreshadowing – These are the author’s hints as what is to take place in future time within the novel
I remember the newspaper dying like huge moths.
http://sched.sbu.edu/faculty/pschafer/read512/451activity.html

  
 Boston.com / News / Local / Mass. / Learning new skills focus at summer schools
Providing the students with books they want to read is just one of the ways summer school coordinators are tweaking the curriculum to help students who are struggling academically.
All our teachers say that when the students show this interest in reading and learning, they perform better in class," Dyre said.
"By introducing these English devices, we can then bring them to Shakespeare, which may lead them to have a deeper appreciation of it."
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2004/07/11/learning_new_skills_focus_at_summer_schools

  
 Literary Devices
The list which follows is a pretty comprehensive list of the literary devices that we will be using in Honors English.
For definitions and examples of these terms and many others, visit this website provided by another AP teacher, Carter Hammond.
http://www.americandreamer.net/bushwb/honorweb/litdevic.html

  
 LITERARY TERMS AND DEVICES
: a recurrent device, formula, or situation that deliberately connects a poem with common patterns of existing thought
: an attempt to supplement or replace verbal meaning with visual devices from painting and sculpture
http://dist.woodstock.edu/~martina/general/poeticterms.html

  
 ExCET Culture Review: Literary Devices
Princip al Rhetorical Tropes and Literary Devices used in Latin
To report problems please contact Ginny at ginlindzey@lindzey.us
http://www.txclassics.org/excetlitdevices.htm

  
 Quia - Literary Devices
Try this matching game to see if you know your literary devices!!
See a list of terms used in these activities.
http://www.quia.com/jg/218642.html

  
 Translation glossary
A Glossary of Literary Terms and A Handbook of Rhetorical Devices
http://www.geocities.com/bible_translation/glossary.htm

  
 Subject Guide to Online Reference Sources
Go to Houff Library Research Guide to Literary Criticism Resources
Citation Style for Research Papers (includes APA, MLA, and AMA)
Glossary of Literary Terms and Handbook of Rhetorical Devices
http://www.br.vccs.edu/library/online%20resources/onlrefsu.htm

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