Zusak’s tool box

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IDENTIFY them when reading
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CONNECT them to theme and meaning
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USE these words in speech and writing
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NOTE when you find them in the novel

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An indirect reference to a person, event, statement, theme, or work
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Allusions carry a connotation when readers know them; the author can say a lot by saying a little
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Widely and well read; independent reading

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Simile: comparison with like or as
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Metaphor: comparison without like or as

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Sensory language which allows the reader to feel, see, taste, touch, and/or hear the object of description

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A concrete object which stands for an idea(s), and/or attitude(s)
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Flag
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Circle
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Heart

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Giving a non-human thing human characteristics

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A humorous scene or passage which interrupts what is normally a serious and/or heavy text
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Designed to lighten the mood
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Shakespeare uses comic relief in tragedies

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A contradiction, strangeness, inconsistency between what is expected/what appears and what happens/reality
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Various types, of which will come later

• Denotation a word’s literal/definition meaning
• Connotation: a word’s social/implied meaning
Diction: word choice and/or type of language used

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Prose vs. poetry?
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Diction which looks like word choice which would be found in a poem
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Unusual syntax
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Abundance of figurative language
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Heavy concentration of literary devices

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Sensory language which combines 2+ senses
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Red hot
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Frigid tone
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Heavy silence

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A story which represents 2 elements: the literal and a symbol of something else
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Read
The Pilgrim’s Progress or
Animal Farm

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Words that look like how they sound
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Hiss
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Sizzle

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Consonance
: repetition of consonants
Alliteration: repetition of sounds

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IDENTIFY them when reading
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CONNECT them to theme and meaning
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USE these words in speech and writing
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NOTE when you find them in the novel