Ky Literary Strategies by Ky Thong https://padlet.com/625896_/a40fxww6v21n2wk3 en-us 2023-11-09 18:29:08 UTC 2023-12-04 19:50:42 UTC hello@padlet.com Foreshadowing 625896_ https://padlet.com/625896_/a40fxww6v21n2wk3/wish/2783820550 Foreshadowing is a warning or indication of (a future event).

"The ill-fated lad was called Ikemefuna" (Achebe, 8) Achebe, Chinua. Things Fall Apart. Penguin Classics. 2016

]]> 2023-11-09 18:53:33 UTC https://padlet.com/625896_/a40fxww6v21n2wk3/wish/2783820550 Symbolism 625896_ https://padlet.com/625896_/a40fxww6v21n2wk3/wish/2783827262 Symbolism is the use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities.

"He was a wealthy farmer and had two barns full of yams" (Achebe, 8 ) Achebe, Chinua. Things Fall Apart. Penguin Classics. 2006

]]> 2023-11-09 18:59:17 UTC https://padlet.com/625896_/a40fxww6v21n2wk3/wish/2783827262 Proverbs 625896_ https://padlet.com/625896_/a40fxww6v21n2wk3/wish/2783829447 Proverbs is a short pithy saying in general use, stating a general truth or piece of advice.

"As the elders said, if a child washed his hands he could eat with kings" (Achebe, 8 ) Achebe, Chinua. Things Fall Apart. Penguin Classics. 2006.

]]> 2023-11-09 19:01:08 UTC https://padlet.com/625896_/a40fxww6v21n2wk3/wish/2783829447 Metaphor 625896_ https://padlet.com/625896_/a40fxww6v21n2wk3/wish/2783833948 A metaphor is a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.

"proverbs are the palm-oil with which words are eaten" (Achebe, 7) Achebe, Chinua. Things Fall Apart. Penguin Classics. 2006.

]]> 2023-11-09 19:04:16 UTC https://padlet.com/625896_/a40fxww6v21n2wk3/wish/2783833948 Simile 625896_ https://padlet.com/625896_/a40fxww6v21n2wk3/wish/2783835946 A simile is a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid (e.g., as brave as a lion, crazy like a fox ).

"Okonkwo was as slippery as a fish in water" (Achebe, 1) Achebe, Chinua. Things Fall Apart. Penguin Classics. 2006.

]]> 2023-11-09 19:06:05 UTC https://padlet.com/625896_/a40fxww6v21n2wk3/wish/2783835946 Irony 625896_ https://padlet.com/625896_/a40fxww6v21n2wk3/wish/2783846026 Irony is the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect.

"Although he had felt uneasy at first, he was not afraid now. Okonkwo walked behind him" (Achebe, Chinua. Things Fall Apart. Penguin Classics. 2016.

]]> 2023-11-09 19:15:02 UTC https://padlet.com/625896_/a40fxww6v21n2wk3/wish/2783846026 Imagery 625896_ https://padlet.com/625896_/a40fxww6v21n2wk3/wish/2792893609 Imagery is visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work.

"He was tall and huge" (Achebe, 1)

Achebe, Chinua. Things Fall Apart. Penguin Classics. 2006.

]]> 2023-11-16 18:36:52 UTC https://padlet.com/625896_/a40fxww6v21n2wk3/wish/2792893609 Tone 625896_ https://padlet.com/625896_/a40fxww6v21n2wk3/wish/2792900121 Tone is the general character or attitude of a place, piece of writing, situation, etc. '"Do what you are told, woman," Okonkwo thundered, and stammered"' (Achebe, 14) Achebe, Chinua. Things Fall Apart. Penguin Classics. 2006.

]]> 2023-11-16 18:41:50 UTC https://padlet.com/625896_/a40fxww6v21n2wk3/wish/2792900121 Personification 625896_ https://padlet.com/625896_/a40fxww6v21n2wk3/wish/2792901492 Personification is the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form. "The air, which had been stretched taut with excitement, relaxed again" (Achebe, 1)

]]> 2023-11-16 18:42:56 UTC https://padlet.com/625896_/a40fxww6v21n2wk3/wish/2792901492 Hyperbole 625896_ https://padlet.com/625896_/a40fxww6v21n2wk3/wish/2813374214 Hyperbole is exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally. "There are so many people on it that if you threw up a grain of sand it would not find a way to fall to earth again." (Achebe, 113)

]]> 2023-12-04 19:11:01 UTC https://padlet.com/625896_/a40fxww6v21n2wk3/wish/2813374214 Literary Allusion 625896_ https://padlet.com/625896_/a40fxww6v21n2wk3/wish/2813383859 Literary Allusion is an implied or indirect reference to a person, event, or thing or to a part of another text. "In this way the moons and the seasons passed. And then the locusts came." (Achebe, 54)

]]> 2023-12-04 19:18:17 UTC https://padlet.com/625896_/a40fxww6v21n2wk3/wish/2813383859 Flashback 625896_ https://padlet.com/625896_/a40fxww6v21n2wk3/wish/2813390970 Flashback is when we move to a scene in a movie, novel, etc. that is set in a time earlier than the main story. "He did not inherit a barn from his father." (Achebe, 16)

]]> 2023-12-04 19:23:47 UTC https://padlet.com/625896_/a40fxww6v21n2wk3/wish/2813390970 Zoomorphism 625896_ https://padlet.com/625896_/a40fxww6v21n2wk3/wish/2813402398 Zoomorphism is giving animal features and qualities to humans, gods, spirits, and inanimate objects. "Those sons of wild animals have dared to murder a daughter of Umuofia." (Achebe, 11)

]]> 2023-12-04 19:33:15 UTC https://padlet.com/625896_/a40fxww6v21n2wk3/wish/2813402398 Satire 625896_ https://padlet.com/625896_/a40fxww6v21n2wk3/wish/2813415617 Satire is the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues. "Although he had felt uneasy at first, he was not afraid now. Okonkwo walked behind him" (Achebe, 43)

]]> 2023-12-04 19:42:50 UTC https://padlet.com/625896_/a40fxww6v21n2wk3/wish/2813415617 Juxtaposition 625896_ https://padlet.com/625896_/a40fxww6v21n2wk3/wish/2813424774 Juxtaposition is the fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect. "In his day he was lazy and improvident and was quite incapable of thinking about tomorrow."(Achebe, 4)

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