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    1) The document is a literary devices guide for the novel Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry. 2) It introduces concepts like narrator, setting, and dialect and asks questions to help identify these elements in the novel. 3) It also covers literary devices like inferences, similes and metaphors, symbolism, foreshadowing, allusions, and identifying themes.

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    1) The document is a literary devices guide for the novel Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry. 2) It introduces concepts like narrator, setting, and dialect and asks questions to help identify these elements in the novel. 3) It also covers literary devices like inferences, similes and metaphors, symbolism, foreshadowing, allusions, and identifying themes.

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    1) The document is a literary devices guide for the novel Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry. 2) It introduces concepts like narrator, setting, and dialect and asks questions to help identify these elements in the novel. 3) It also covers literary devices like inferences, similes and metaphors, symbolism, foreshadowing, allusions, and identifying themes.

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    Literary Devices Guide

    Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

    Name: ________________________________________________
    Period:_____________________

    Lets Start with: Narrator, Setting, and Dialect


    Quick Review:
    Narrator: The person who is telling the story
    Types:
    o First Person: the story uses the pronoun I when telling the story and
    takes part in the story
    o Third Person: the narrator is an outside observer to the story and tells
    the story using the characters names or the pronouns he, she, and
    them
    Who is the narrator of Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry?
    _________________________________________________________________________________________
    Setting: When and where the story, play, poem, or novel takes place
    What is the setting of Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry?
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    Something New:
    Dialect: _______________________________________________________________________________________
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    Give one example from the text of dialect (include page number):
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    Inferences: Reading Between the Lines


    What is an inference?
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    Where do we see inferences used?
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    Example: _____________________________________________________________________________________
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    Why do authors use inferences in their writing?
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    What can you infer from the Snoopy comic above?


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    What is a simile?

    Simile vs. Metaphor

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    What is a metaphor?
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    * * *How can you tell the difference between similes and metaphors? * * *
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    Find a simile and a metaphor in the lyrics below. Circle the simile and underline the
    metaphor.
    And Ill be gone, gone tonight
    The fire beneath my feet is burning bright
    The way that Ive been holding on so tight
    With nothing in between
    The story of my life
    I take her home
    I drive all night to keep her warm
    And timeis frozen (the story of, the story of)
    The story of my life
    I give her hope
    I spend her love
    Until shes broke
    Inside
    The story of my life (the story of, the story of)
    And I been waiting for this time to come around
    But baby running after you is like chasing clouds

    Symbolism
    What is a symbol?
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    What do you think the mockingjay is a symbol of in the Hunger Games book/movie series?
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    Why do you believe authors use symbols in their writing? What message is the author
    trying to tell his or her readers by using symbols?
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    Foreshadowing: Searching for Clues in Literature


    What is foreshadowing?
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    What do you believe is being foreshadowed in the image below? Explain your answer by
    using clues from the image.

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    Why do authors use foreshadowing in their writing? What feelings do you think authors
    are trying to provoke in their readers by using foreshadowing?
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    Allusions: Connecting the Novel to the World


    What is an allusion?
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    What famous character from literature is being referenced to in the image on the left?
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    Where can we find allusions?
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    After identifying the allusion in the previous passage, create your own using the lines
    below. Be sure your references are school appropriate!
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    Why do you think authors use allusions in his or her writing?
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    Theme: Identifying the Major Message of the Novel


    What is a theme?
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    Some examples:
    Money cant buy happiness.
    Dont judge people based on their appearances.
    Lets think back to when we read Frankenstein, what themes do you remember identifying
    in the novel? Remember that themes are not just one word, they area sentence.
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    How to we identify the theme(s) of a novel?
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    What is the purpose of themes? Do themes only apply to the story that you find them in OR
    do they extend to the real world?
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