Analyze This!

Analyze This!Unit 1What is Analysis?Breaking a whole into its parts to see why the specific parts were chosen and how those parts work together to create the whole.

Does this sound familiar? It should.

Analysis vs. Reverse EngineeringAnalysis1. Read text identify the purpose 2. Evaluate the merits What stood out to you while you read? (visually, structurally, functionally)3. Break the text into its parts 4. Analyze choices the author made in regard to those parts 5. Write down your thoughts using evidence from the text to back up/prove those thoughts6. Think about your own writing style and how you would do things differentlyReverse Engineering 1. Look at the structure-what is its purpose? 2. Evaluate the structures merits(visually, structurally, functionally) 3. Break the structure into its parts 4. Analyze the parts to see how they work together to create the whole 5. Document your ideas, using specific evidence from the structure 6. Redesign the structure, using your own ideas

Literary DevicesSimile: Two things being compared, usually by like or asExampleHer eyes as bright as a butterflys wings; He is sly like a foxMetaphor: A comparison between two dissimilar things in which one becomes another; one thing representing anotherExampleMy teacher is a clown; My mothers hair is the warm smell of bread right before you bake it.

More literary devicesAlliteration: The repetition of the same sounds or the same kinds of sounds at the beginning of words or in stressed syllablesExampleKelly caught the contagious cold; Sally sold seashells by the seashorePersonification: When inanimate objects are given qualities or are represented as possessing human formExampleWe could see the fire dancing through the trees; Mother Earth or Father Time

And even more literary devicesOnomatopoeia: Words that imitate the sounds associated with their meaningExampleBuzz; SplatOxymoron: Two contradicting ideas or objects that come together for a new meaningExampleJumbo shrimp; Hells Angels; Freezer burnHyperbole: An obvious exaggerationExampleThe books weighed a ton; Im so tired, I could sleep for years

Last ones for today, anywayImagery: An appeal to the five sensesExampleHer hair smelled like warm bread right before you bake it; the wet light enveloped his shaking bodyEuphemism: A nicer way to say something that has a negative connotationExampleFido has gone to be with the angels; She is with childAllusion: A subtle, indirect reference to another text, a historical event, or a moment of cultural or political significance. ExampleChocolate is my Achilles heel; Ive opened Pandoras Box

Lets assessQUIZ CHOICESOxymoronAlliterationSimileMetaphorOnomatopoeiaPersonificationHyperboleEuphemismAllusionPutting It To The TestAs we read Salvador Late or Early, take notes in your notebook on the literary devices you find. Lets discussNow, read Pattys Charcoal Drive-In on your own and discuss with a partner.Class discussion! -Take notes on any new ideas or interesting revelations made by your classmates while we discuss.

The Flowers by Alice WalkerPlease fold your paper in half. (Right under fragrant buds)After reading the top half, go through and circle the words that stand out to you. How would you describe those words? Now, read the second half of the story and complete the same steps as for the first half.

In your journal, explain how the words changed from the first half to the second and how that change affected the story, as a whole. *Lets discuss!

Diction & ToneWhat is diction?What is tone?

Just watched a movie where a man's wife is brutally murdered by a serial killer, which also leaves his son physically disabled, then in a twisted turn of fate, his son gets kidnapped and he has to chase the kidnapper 1000s of miles with the help of a mentally disabled woman...

Finding Nemo is a real thriller

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ToneWhat kind of tone does this picture have? What helps to create that tone?

(Hint: The clues in the picture that help create the tone are like the diction of a text.)

What contributes to tone?

What contributes to tone?

What contributes to tone?

satireThe use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other issues. (Google)

Satire is a genre of literature, in which vices, follies, abuses, and shortcomings are held up to ridicule, ideally with the intent of shaming individuals, corporations, government or society itself, into improvement. (Wikipedia)

A way of using humor to show that someone or something is foolish, weak, bad, etc.; Humor that shows the weaknesses or bad qualities of a person, government, society, etc. (Merriam-Webster)

*What words do you see repeated throughout?

Satire

AllusionAn expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference. (Google)

Allusion is a brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance. It does not describe in detail the person or thing to which it refers. It is just a passing comment and the writer expects the reader to possess enough knowledge to spot the allusion and grasp its importance in a text. (literarydevices.net)The most commonly alluded to texts areThe Bible and Shakespeares plays. (FYI)

ExamplesChocolate is my Achilles heel.Harriet Tubman is considered the Moses of her time.Eric and Rachel are star-crossed lovers.

JuxtapositionThe fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect. (Google)

Juxtaposition is a literary technique in which two or more ideas, places, characters and their actions are placed side by side in a narrative or a poem for the purpose of developing comparisons and contrasts. (www.literarydevices.net)

Juxtaposition is the act or placement of two things (usually abstract concepts) near each other for the purpose of highlighting their differences. (Wikipedia; Robinson)

Juxtaposition

Adam & eveParadiseBibleSerpentGodRibSinFruitFirst

Genesis aint just a cheezy band from the 80s!

$25,000 Pyramid!!22Gender StereotypesTalks a lotIs insensitivePhysically strongEmotionalCuriousAnnoyingLiesBossyCrazyJealousManipulative

Before we start arguing23Mark TwainSamuel Clemens (1835-1910)His father and uncle owned slaves; Clemens would spend his time listening to the slave stories and folklorehe used the stories in his own writing later.Quit school after 5th grade; went to work for a local newspaper, where he penned the name Mark Twain.First story: Jim Smiley and His Jumping Frog It was a hit!; Hired to write about his travels; his tales were also a hit! It was love at first sight between Clemens and his wife, Olivia (Livvy); they were married and had their first child, Langdon, after a few years. Eventually they also had 3 daughters. Langdon died of disease.Supposing is good, but finding out is better.-Mark Twain/Samuel ClemensMark Twain (contd)Clemens and family moved to Hartford, CT (You should visit the Mark Twain House!)Clemens writing started getting dark-- political corruption and social criticism, such as Americans greed for money. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The Prince and the Pauper, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthurs Court (rich vs. poor); The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (SATIRE on the mistreatment of African-Americans.)Poor business investments caused Clemens to go bankruptAfter living in Europe for a while, the family decided to move back to CT until Clemens oldest daughter died. They never returned to Hartford. Livvy died in Italy; Clemens lived out the rest of his life in Redding, CTHe died at 74.

Lets put it all together!

As we read, each group will focus on a different literary element. Each group will report out and share their findings through a visual and oral representa-tion. While groups are presenting, others should be taking notes (which will come in handy for mid-term/finals IJS). Lets talk themeRemember: There can be more than one theme in a textA theme must be a complete thoughtA theme is a universal truthWhat did the author want you (the reader) to learn about society or human nature from reading the text?

What is a theme from Romeo & Juliet?Identifying themesGroup work: Read the short story given to you.Discuss the story with your group and decide on the most important word.In the center circle on the poster paper, write the word you choose as the most important. In the same center circle, also write the words definition and a quote from the story in which the word is used.In the next circle out, draw 4 pictures that symbolize the meaning/significance to the word in relation to the story. Be sure to write a BRIEF explanation of your symbols.In the outside circle, write two THEMATIC statements, in which you identify two universal truths the author wanted you to learn about society or human nature from the text.Example