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Literature CBA Notes

The document provides guidelines for analyzing literature, emphasizing the importance of avoiding repetition, providing evidence, and managing time effectively during analysis. It outlines steps for analyzing figurative language, including identifying literary devices, understanding their literal and figurative meanings, and exploring their emotional and thematic impacts. Additionally, it lists various literary devices such as alliteration, imagery, metaphor, and others, explaining their functions and effects in writing.

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Literature CBA Notes

The document provides guidelines for analyzing literature, emphasizing the importance of avoiding repetition, providing evidence, and managing time effectively during analysis. It outlines steps for analyzing figurative language, including identifying literary devices, understanding their literal and figurative meanings, and exploring their emotional and thematic impacts. Additionally, it lists various literary devices such as alliteration, imagery, metaphor, and others, explaining their functions and effects in writing.

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Literature Notes

Important things to take note of


1 Donot write the same points and lit devices forboth questions
2 Provide evidence for every point given
3 State one claim andexplain withrelevant evidence
4 Don't use terms like I feel that I think that as they are tentative
5 TIME MANAGEMENT
10 min for annotating planning
15 min for each question

10 min for checking

HOW to analyse figurative language


1 Identify
type of lit device
whattwothings are being compared described
2 Literal vs Figurative
meaning
what does it meanliterally
whatdoes it mean in the context of the poem
3 Effect on meaning and Imagery
what image and emotions are created
4 Emotional Themic Impact

what mood emotion is created


how does it contribute to the poem's overall theme message
5 writer's intention

whydid the writerchose this comparison


What effect does it have on reader's understanding
Literacy Devices
1 Alliteration
a number of wordshavingthe same first consonant sound
e g Abig bully beats a babyboy
It creates a musical effect that enhances the pleasure ofreading
a literary piece

2
imagery
figurative language is used to represent objects actions and ideas
in a way that creates visual representations in our minds

e.g it was dark anddim inthe forest


other senses thatcouldgettriggered hearing smell touch taste sight
generates a vibrantand graphic presentation of a scene that
appeals to many senses aiding imagination

3 Metaphor

figure of speech that makes an implied or hidden comparison


between two things that are unrelated but share common characteristic
eg Myassignment was a breeze
they expressemotionsand illustrate ideas

4 Onomatopoeia rmb spelling I


word that imitates thenatural sounds of a thing
creates a soundeffect to make it more interesting and expressive

e.g gushing buzzing splash thump


Allows readers to hear sounds and enter that world
5 personification
an idea object or human given human attributes
e g the sky weeps
gives deeper meanings
adds vividness to expressions and brings inanimate objects to lif

61Repetition
repeats the same words or phrases to make an idea clearer and
more memorable

lays emphasis and creates rhythm

7 Rhyme
repetition of similar sounding words occurring at the end of lines
brings rhythm or musicality to poems

8 Simile
makes comparison betweentwodifferentthingsusing words like and a
e g as bright as sunshine
allows us to relate to the writer's feelings or personal experiences
brings rhythm and life like quality

91Sibilance
a hissing sound is createdthroughthe repetition of s sounds
can also include repeated Sh th z and v sounds
e g slippery snakes slither
10 Diction
the writer's choice of words and style of expression

helps convey tone mood and meaning

Itshows the attitudeand personality of the speaker writer


Affects clarity and impact
e g formal diction the gentlemanwaspoliteandarticulate inhisdiscour
informal diction the guywas super niceand talked real smooth

11 consonance
same consonant sound is repeated at end middle of words
not at beginning
creates rhythm enhances mood or tone
e g the lumpy bumpy road

121 line breaks


points at which one line ends a new one begins
settempo or flow creates emphasis

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