LITERARY DEVICE SAMPLE PRESENTATION - JUXTAPOSITION DEFINITION OF JUXTAPOSITION • Juxtaposition is a literary technique in which two or more ideas, words, phrases, places, characters, and their actions are placed side by side in a narrative or a poem, for the purpose of developing comparisons and contrasts, to build suspense or for rhetorical effect. JUXTAPOSITION IN IMAGES AN EXAMPLE IN MARIN… LITERARY EXAMPLE #1 • Allie and Holden have very contrasting characters and this helps develop a stronger sense of characterization for the reader. • Allie is a dreamer and hopeful while Holden is cynical and negative. LITERARY EXAMPLE #2 Romeo and Juliet has a wide range of strong contrasts or juxtapositions: • youth and old age • servants and nobles • love-sick Romeo and enraged Tybalt • the noisy public feast and the private whispers of the lovers • Romeo's infatuation and Juliet's wit • the old nurse and young Juliet MY EXAMPLES: • He was slouched alertly. • The room was screaming with silence. • She frantically did nothing. LINK TO AUTHOR’S PURPOSE • Juxtaposition is a literary device that brings a dramatic effect to certain situations • Creates an effect of surprise and wit • Juxtaposition creates contrasting emotions in the reader/viewer, that allow us to see how they are part of the greater whole when placed together