Unit 2 Diagnostic AssessmentUnit 2 Diagnostic AssessmentIn this Unit you should be able to…•Explain the difference between author, narrator and speaker.•Identify the point of view in a text and explain its effect.•Explain how choice of narrator shapes meaning in a text.•Identify literary devices/elements in a text.

POINT OF VIEWPOINT OF VIEWThere are already three different speakers in Frankenstein; how does this shift change the reader’s perspective?1.Robert Walton (The Letters)2.Victor Frankenstein3.The creature

• 3rd Person Limited: The narrator is in 3rd person, but is limited to only one character

• 3rd Person Omniscient: Knows everything about every character as well as the past and future

• 1st Person: Speaker and narrator (but NOT the author)

33rdrd-Person -Person LimitedLimitedNarrator reveals thoughts and feelings of one character.

Chris liked Elma since the third-grade, but he had never found the nerve to tell her. But one sunny day, Chris said to Elma, “So… you want to go with me?” Emma blushed and said, “Ok” Chris smiled.

• Tells his internal thoughts• Internal Narration is limited to Chris

33rdrd-Person -Person OmniOmniscientscientOmni = All Scient = Knowing

Omniscient narrators tell more than one character’s thoughts or feelings.Chris had liked Elma since the third-grade. Little did he know that Elma liked him too. They both admired one another from a far, and waited. One day, Chris said to Elma, “So… you want to go with me?” Emma felt her stomach sink. She couldn’t believe it. Blushing, she said, “Ok.” Chris smiled.

Omniscient narrator is all-knowing.

3rd-Person ObjectiveInternal thoughts are not told.Readers may INFER thoughts and feelings based on actions or dialogue.

Chris slowly walked up to Elma with his hands behind his back. “So… you want to go with me,” he said nervously. Elma blushed. “Ok.” Chris smiled.

Characters’ internal thoughts not narrated.

Telling the DifferenceTelling the Difference1. Focus on the narration.2. Circle any narrated thoughts or feelings.3. Count each characters’ thoughts.

Only THIRD-PERSON has these modes.There is no first or second-person objective,

omniscient, or limited narration.

Literary Devices - SimileLiterary Devices - Simile• Compares two UNLIKE

things using like, as or than

• Is a type of figurative language

“Cause you can't jump the track, we're like cars on a cable,

And life's like an hourglass, glued to the table.

No one can find the rewind button, boys,

So cradle your head in your hands,

And breathe... just breathe,Oh breathe, just breathe…”

“Breathe” – Anna Nalik

Literary Devices - MetaphorLiterary Devices - Metaphor• Directly compares two unlike

things without using like, as or than; typically uses is

• Also compares something that is tangible with something that’s intangible

It's the first snap of the last straw,Where regrets outlast the alcoholIt's a cold sweat, in an empty bed,

And dreams are like a knife,When you're hanging by a thread

Ain't no "Maybe we can make it if we just play the right cards”…

It's a white flag,It's a stop sign,

It's the last long drag, on a Marlboro light

It's a long night, beating up the pastKnow when the first lie, is gonna hit

you backThis ain't no gone for good drill,

Or no goodbye false alarm, it's over…

“Over When it’s Over” – Eric Church

Literary Devices - PersonificationLiterary Devices - Personification• A figure of speech in which an

inanimate object or abstraction is given human-like qualities or abilities.

• In other words, using our language, we make an object or idea do something that usually is only done by people.

I walk this empty streetOn the Boulevard of Broken

DreamsWhen the city sleeps

And I'm the only one and I walk alone…

“Blvd. of Broken Dreams” – Green Day

All the windows are playing their game

Where I won't see outside againTil I write all the fog away

I'm putting words in their placeBetween me and the window's

pane…“Window” – Finger Eleven

Literary Devices - ParallelismLiterary Devices - Parallelism•An arrangement of the parts of a piece of writing so that elements of equal importance are balanced in similar constructions. This arrangement may be applied to words, phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs. Parallelism is a rhetorical device.

•Example: in The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyl & Mr. Hyde, PARALLELISM is used to show both sides of the character by describing both sides of the character and emphasize that all people have the capacity to be both good & evil at the same time.

Literary/Poetic Devices - AlliterationLiterary/Poetic Devices - AlliterationAlliteration is the repetition of the initial consonant sound in words. An easier (though less exact) way to say this is that alliteration is when the first sounds in words repeat. Alliteration often works with assonance and consonance to make phonetically pleasing arrangements.

Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and

weary, Over many a quaint and curious

volume of forgotten lore, While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door. 'Tis some visitor," I muttered, tapping at my chamber door- Only this, and nothing more."

“The Raven”, Edgar Allen Poe

Literary/Poetic Devices - AssonanceLiterary/Poetic Devices - AssonanceAssonance is the repetition of vowel sounds. It is often used in combination with consonance and alliteration.

Just in time, I'm so glad you have a one track mind like me

You gave my life directionA game show love connection,

we can't denyI'm so obsessed

My heart is bound to beat right out my untrimmed chestI believe in you, like a virgin,

you're MadonnaAnd I'm always gonna wanna

blow your mind.

“Hey, Soul Sister” - Train