Find the following literary elements in Gilgamesh, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, OR in the full text sections of The Odyssey (not the modernized version). You only have to find each on in ONE piece of literature. Once you find an example of that literary element, create two columns. Copy out a quote in the first column (make sure you label which literary element is being shown. Then in the second column, just tell me what the quote means.
Types of Confict
1. Person versus Person
2. Person versus Self
3. Person versus Nature
4. Person versus Society
5. Person versus Fate, God or the Supernatural
Characterization
6. Characterization through a character's thoughts or words
7. Characterization through the narrator's description
8. Characterization through a character's actions
9. Characterization through another character's thoughts, words, or actions
Figurative Language
10. Metaphor
11. Simile
12. Hyperbole
13. Symbol
Imagery
14. Imagery appealing to sight
15. Imagery appealing to sound or touch
16. Imagery appealing to taste or smell
Audience: The teacher
Format: Typed or handwritten
Style: No style analysis required
Length: No length required
Presentation: Neat, done in ink on one side of the paper--two columns
#6. Characterization through a character's thoughts or words |
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The old peasant's words to Faust show that he's a kind man who wishes the best for other people, even when other people aren't particularly nice to him. |
#7 Characterization through the narrator's description |
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Baldur's twin brother Hondur was as different as well could be, for he had been born blind, and was ever quiet and sad, sitting alone and brooding. (Myths of Norsemen, 168) |
The narrator of the story just come out and tells us Hondur is sad instead of showing us. |
#8 Characterization through a character's actions
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Last Updated on 8-31-2007 |