Literary TRENDS
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danileigh on December 12, 2011
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ALL LITERARY TRENDS
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8th Grade Language Arts FINAL Studying :)
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 ascension in literature | (to ascend means to climb) character going up, steps, hills moutons, usually shows character trying to overcome obstacle VS. Character NOT seen making the climb but standing on top and looking down on others often represents arrogance |
| birds | mockingbirds= prettiest songs;robins (harbingers of spring); phoenix (intentionally dives into fire-is reborn- mystical bird) mallards (males fly above females in migration and "keep females in place") male finches (will sit on eggs, raise little ones of female dies) |
| flowers | beauty and fragility |
| heart attacks/disease | problems re: love |
| doors | thresholds/ entryways into a different life (not always good |
| Open windows | opportunities |
| rivers | journeys/ new lives and ways of thinking |
| fire | destructive/ potentially rebuilding element; get rid of old/ in with new |
| names | ones we have looked at include JC (christ figure); Finch, Atticus (latin for beacon) Johnny Cade; Melinda- Me pretty |
| exterior appearance of house given in detail | represents interior of lives of characters who live there |
| Change in clothes/ clothing styles/ hair color | represents a "new" / reborn character (melinda getting a whole new wardrobe in SPEAK; Pony Boy with his bleached hair and different clothes on top of the high hill) |
| temperature | .. |
| colors | white/ purity, innocence; black/ evil, death; green/rebirth, envy; red/danger; blue/ peace, healing, reconciliation |
| Water | ablution/ cleansing self; new start; rejuvenation/ PURGING of old self/ old ways/ old problems |
| holidays | Christmas (advent promise of something good), Easter (resurrection/ redemption/ new start); INdependence Day (freedom) |
| seasons | ... |
| geographical directions | west- opportunity/ new life (gold rush) south (inferior/ looked down on |
| fences/ walls | separations/ alienation |
| bridges | joining together |
| rivers | journeys |
| mirrors | truth smokey= ambiguity |
| 3 events | someone comes to visit; something hidden is revaled etc. |
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