Literary Techniques and Devices in Fiction

Lesson 3.2 Techniques and Literary Devices in Fiction Creative Writing General Academic Strand | Humanities and Social Sciences Fiction writers, just like poets, use literary techniques and devices to add flavor to the story they are creating. 2 They greatly affect the p...

Lesson 3.2 Techniques and Literary Devices in Fiction Creative Writing General Academic Strand | Humanities and Social Sciences Fiction writers, just like poets, use literary techniques and devices to add flavor to the story they are creating. 2 They greatly affect the plot structure, so studying them gives someone the opportunity to find ways that will make his or her story interesting. 3 This lesson will enable you to determine some of the literary techniques and devices you may use in writing fiction. 4  Identify the techniques and literary Learning devices used in sample literary Objectives texts. Analyze the techniques and literary devices as applied in selected literary texts. Write a sample fictional text using the given techniques and literary devices. 5  Finding the Perfect Figure Let’s Begin A. Choose the letter of the phrase that completes each number so that it makes use of the given literary technique or device. B. Answer the guide questions that follow. 6  Finding the Perfect Figure Let’s Begin 1. Her eyes were as large and bright ___________________________. (simile) a. as the moon b. because of the moon 2. The sickly child looked out the window and saw the reeds _______________________. (personification) a. waving at him in unison b. growing out of the ground 7  Finding the Perfect Figure Let’s Begin 3. The lost and hungry people didn’t know what to do, so they began to see the reliable man that led them as _______________________. (allusion) a. a strong leader b. their Moses 4. The silence was broken only by the sound of the grandfather clock _____________________. (onomatopoeia) a. going tick-tock b. chiming at midnight 8  Finding the Perfect Figure Let’s Begin 5. She sells sea-shells ________________________________. (alliteration) a. as white as pearls b. on the sea-shore 9  1. Which of the sentences above Let’s contains a figure of comparison? Begin Explain. 10  2. Which of the sentences above Let’s contains figures of representation Begin and reference? Explain. 11  3. Which of the sentences above Let’s contains figures of sound? Explain. Begin 12  Literary Techniques and Devices in Fiction A fiction writer may use an assortment of techniques and devices to complete the text he or she is creating. Let us discuss some of them. 13  Literary Techniques and Devices in Fiction Allusion a literary device that utilizes mythological, literary, historical, biblical, scientific, or political figures, events, places, or objects to represent someone or something 14 Literary Techniques and Devices in Fiction Diction a literary device that is concerned with the meticulous selection of words and phrases to convey a message. 15  Literary Techniques and Devices in Fiction Alliteration a literary device in which the writer repeats the initial sound or letter in a string of words in a statement or phrase 16  Literary Techniques and Devices in Fiction Allegory a literary device in which a story, or an element of a story, is created to deliver a message about the issues and occurrences of the real world; also known as extended metaphor 17  Literary Techniques and Devices in Fiction Euphemism a literary device in which a writer uses a word or a phrase that acts as an alternative to another word or phrase that is considered harsh, blunt, or taboo 18  Literary Techniques and Devices in Fiction Flashback a literary device in which the writer interrupts the chronological events of a story by narrating some events that happened prior to it 19  Literary Techniques and Devices in Fiction Foreshadowing a literary device in which a hint about something that will happen in the future is provided at an earlier point in the narrative 20 Literary Techniques and Devices in Fiction Imagery a literary device that enables the writer to paint a picture using words; involves using a catalyst to affect the readers’ senses, emotions and feelings 21  Literary Techniques and Devices in Fiction Personification a literary device that “endows animals, ideas, abstractions, and inanimate objects with human form” (Harmon and Holman 1996, 385) 22  Literary Techniques and Devices in Fiction Juxtaposition a literary device in which the writer creates two elements that have obvious differences and puts them side-by-side in a story 23  Literary Techniques and Devices in Fiction Simile and Metaphor The former is a figure of comparison that directly expresses the similarity between two objects, while the latter is a figure of comparison that declares that two objects are identical. 24  Literary Techniques and Devices in Fiction Onomatopoeia a literary device in which the writer makes use of words that are formed from the sounds they represent in a text 25 Literary Techniques and Devices in Fiction Symbolism a literary device in which the writer uses someone or something to suggest an emblematic or abstract meaning 26 Writin Symbols are universal. It means that their g Tip meanings are common to people no matter where they live. A writer may use his or her knowledge of symbols to transmit an abstraction to the readers. For example, we know that colors might symbolize something. 27 Writin Black is a symbol for death and chaos. g Tip White is a symbol for peace and goodness. These shades of colors can be used to brand your characters in the story you created. Have you noticed that in a narrative, good people always wear white, while bad people always wear black? 28  Literary Techniques and Devices in Fiction Tone a literary device inherent in a story; creates the emotional climate that readers might feel as they indulge themselves in the text 29 Wrap- Up Every artist uses a variety of tools in creating his or her masterpiece. A fiction writer, as an artist, uses different kinds of literary techniques and devices to complete the text he or she is creating. 30 Wrap- Up There are a lot of literary techniques and devices a fiction writer may use. In this lesson, we discussed fourteen of them. These are allusion, diction, alliteration, allegory, euphemism, flashback, foreshadowing, imagery, personification, juxtaposition, simile and metaphor, onomatopoeia, symbolism, and tone. 31