Local Color 3h225n

1.) Local color or regional literature is fiction and

poetry that focuses on the characters, dialect, customs, topography, and other features particular to a specific region. Example:  Main Street, short story by Sinclair Lewis 2.) Repetition is a literary device that repeats the

same words or phrases a few times to make an idea clearer. Example:  “Bullet to the Brain” by Tobias Wolff 3.) Rhyme is a popular literary device in which the

repetition of the same or similar sounds occurs in two or more words, usually at the end of lines in poems or songs. Example:  Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening (By Robert Frost) 4.) In literature, rhythm is the pattern of stressed and

unstressed beats. Example:  Tiger by William Blake  Song by Sir John Suckling 5.) In literature, a flashback is an occurrence in which

a character re an earlier event that happened before the current point of the story. Example:  Arthur Miller’s “Death of a Salesman” 6.) Foreshadowing is a literary device in which the

author gives clues about events that will happen later in the story. Example:

 “Great Expectations” by Charles Dickens 7.) A dream sequence is a technique used in

storytelling, particularly in television and film, to set apart a brief interlude from the main story. Example:  Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll 8.) In literature, in medias res is Latin for "into the

middle of things." It usually describes a narrative that begins, not at the beginning of a story, but somewhere in the middle — usually at some crucial point in the action. Example:  The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri 9.) In literature, stream of consciousness is a method

of narration that describes in words the flow of thoughts in the minds of the characters. Example:  Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf 10.) As a literary technique, the juxtaposition

definition is to place two concepts, characters, ideas, or places near or next to each other so that the reader will compare and contrast them. Example:  John Milton’s “Paradise Lost” 11.) When used as a literary device, symbolism means to

imbue objects with a certain meaning that is different from their original meaning or function. Example:  Ah Sunflower, a poem by William Blake 12.) A soliloquy is a super important monologue given by

a character in a play who is alone on the stage. Example:

 The Crucible by Arthur Miller 13.) The literary device of deus ex machina means to

solve a seemingly intractable problem in a plot by adding in an unexpected character, object, or situation. Example:  The Lord of the Flies by William Golding 14.) In literature, poetic justice is an ideal form of

justice in which the good characters are rewarded and the bad characters are punished by an ironic twist of their fate. Example:  Oedipus Rex by Sophocles 15.) As a literary device, imagery consists of

descriptive language that can function as a way for the reader to better imagine the world of the piece of literature and also add symbolism to the work. Imagery draws on the five senses, namely the details of taste, touch, sight, smell, and sound. Example:  'My Papa's Walt, Theodore Roethke's famous poem