NarrationIronySymbol English 1302: Composition II || D. Glen Smith, instructor 1.

English 1302: Composition II || D. Glen Smith, instructor 1

Narration•Irony•Symbol


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Narration—the account of the plot; the series of events described to the reader.


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Narration—the account of the plot; the series of events described to the reader.• First Person• Third Person• Omniscient Third Person• Limited Omniscient Third Person• Stream of Consciousness


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Narration—the account of the plot; the series of events described to the reader.• Third Person: The narrator acts as an

unseen character; does not participate in the action of the plot, but does relate details hidden from actors in the story.

• Reports information objectively or subjectively


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Narration—the account of the plot; the series of events described to the reader.• First Person: The narrator participates in

the action of the plot. Reports information from his/her point of view and therefore is a biased source of information.

• Readers need to determine quickly if a first person narration is reliable.

• For obvious reasons, Poe loves this style.


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Narration—the account of the plot; the series of events described to the reader.• Omniscient Third Person: The

narrator knows everything about all characters and relates the thoughts and motivations of all actors in the plot. When a new character in introduced to a scene, the reader learns his/her motivation and desires.


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Narration—the account of the plot; the series of events described to the reader.• Limited Omniscient Third Person:

The narrator’s knowledge focuses on only one character, major or minor; the narrator reveals everything about this character’s thoughts and motivations— but only this one character.


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Narration—the account of the plot; the series of events described to the reader.• Stream of Consciousness:

The story is told through the replication process of the narrator’s thoughts.

• Best described as interior monologues, this form of narration copies the internal voice of character’s mind as he/she goes about his/her daily life.


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Irony—an element involving the contrast or discrepancies between elements or characters.


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Irony—an element involving the contrast or discrepancies between elements or characters.• verbal irony: when a character says

one thing but means another.


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Irony—an element involving the contrast or discrepancies between elements or characters.• verbal irony: when a character says

one thing but means another. • irony of circumstance: writers

create discrepancies between what seems to be true in the story and what actually happens in the story.


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Irony—an element involving the contrast or discrepancies between elements or characters.• verbal irony: when a character says one

thing but means another. • irony of circumstance: writers create

discrepancies between what seems to be true in the story and what actually happens in the story.

• dramatic irony: discrepancy between what the character suspects to be true and what the readers know to be true.


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Irony—an element involving the contrast or discrepancies between elements or characters.• verbal irony: when a character says one thing but means

another. • irony of circumstance: writers create discrepancies

between what seems to be true in the story and what actually happens in the story.

• dramatic irony: discrepancy between what the character suspects to be true and what the readers know to be true.

• ironic vision: overall tone of literary work suggests that the author’s opinions are contradictory to actions of characters. Jane Austen uses this technique frequently in her works, specifically Pride and Prejudice or Emma.


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Figurative Language—creative strategies an author uses to decorate and embellish a story.


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Figurative Language—creative strategies an author uses to decorate and embellish a story.• symbol: a visual representation of

something else


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something else• motif: a reoccurring symbol in

various forms which appears throughout a selected work


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something else• motif: a reoccurring symbol in various

forms which appears throughout a selected work

• metaphor: language that implies a relationship between two unlikely elements


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Figurative Language—creative strategies an author uses to decorate and embellish a story.• symbol: a visual representation of something

else• motif: a reoccurring symbol in various forms

which appears throughout a selected work• metaphor: language that implies a

relationship between two unlikely elements• simile: makes comparisons of two elements,

but ties them together with additional words: like or as


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Figurative Language—creative strategies an author uses to decorate and embellish a story.• symbol: a visual representation of something else• motif: a reoccurring symbol in various forms which

appears throughout a selected work• metaphor: language that implies a relationship between

two unlikely elements• simile: makes comparisons of two elements, but ties them

together with additional words: like or as• personification: a figure of speech giving an inanimate

object or abstract idea human characteristics for literary purposesDeath sat in the corner thoughtfully smoking his pipe, staring at the young men and women in the pub.


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Figurative Language—creative strategies an author uses to decorate and embellish a story.• personification: a figure of speech giving an

inanimate object or abstract idea human characteristics for literary purposes

Death sat in the corner thoughtfully smoking his pipe, staring at the young men and women in the pub.

• anthropomorphism: interpretation of animals with humanistic personalities

• Mickey Mouse• SpongeBob SquarePants


To take this up a notch—


something else

The act of creating of symbols is basically what separates humans from other animal species.

basic image > symbol > archetype


Archetypes

Archetypes: In simplest terms, these are patterns, characteristics of personality traits which appear in fiction. Characters, as well as objects within a story, can be archetypes.

examples:the hero’s quest a runaway daughterthe good mother the evil stepmothera wise old man a fool-comedianthe innocent virgin the nerdy, isolated intellectual

however, do not confuse with stereotypes

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