2nd Quarter Book Report

Figurative Language Analysis & Literary Device Poster

Figurative Language Analysis Chart

Record 10 literary from your reading on the chart (advanced classes must record 15)—this can be from any source; it doesn’t have to be from just one book. Include as much variety in devices as you can.

A.  Include the page number & title and quote that the device is found in. 1pt

B.  Identify what type of literary device you’ve found. 1 pt

C.  Explain what the device really means. 2pts

D.  Explain why the author used it OR the effect of the language on the story. 2pts

Literary Device Poster

Choose the BEST literary device from your chart. You will make a poster illustrating the device.

A. On a clean, unlined piece of paper, draw, collage, or design a picture that represents the literary device that you’re working with. 5 pts

B.  Record the information from the chart on the poster in a stylish, neat, colorful way.15 pts

1.  Find a literary device, write down the page number and title, and copy the literary device.

2.  Identify what kind of literary device you found.

3.  Tell what the literary device means.

4.  Tell how the literary device makes the story more interesting.

B.  Use the chart below to record 10 literary devices from your novel. Try to have as much variety in the type of literary devices as possible.

C. 

Literary Devices

Simile—something is LIKE/AS something else

Metaphor—something IS something else

Personification—giving human characteristics to animals/things

Hyperbole—exaggeration

Idiom—a regional expression with no literal translation

Cliché—an overused and meaningless expression

Imagery—words or phrases that appeal to one or more of the 5 senses

Pun—a play on words that uses word meanings in funny ways

Pg. # and Quote / literary device type / What it means literally / How it makes the passage more interesting
Pg. 3 “Worn steel handcuffs bit into his hands…”
from Touching Spirit Bear / Personification / The metal edges of the handcuffs cut into his wrists. / A teenager would use “bit” instead of “cut into” so this personification makes the story more realistic.
Pg. 3 “I raised one of his paws….The pads were worn down slick as the rind on an apple.” from Where the Red Fern Grows / simile / The usually rough pads of a dog’s paw were smooth. / Readers know how smooth an apple rind is, so the author causes readers to make a text-to-world connection showing exactly how smooth the dog’s pad is.

Irony—the opposite of what is expected

EXAMPLE

Pg. # and Quote / Literary Device Type / What it means literally / How it makes the passage more interesting
Pg. # and Quote / Literary Device Type / What it means literally / How it makes the passage more interesting