6. Which literary devices affect our perceptions?

AT A GLANCE

Intention: Verify prior knowledge of literary devices so that you can understand the role some of them play when you interpret texts.

Task: Take a quiz.

Duration : approx. 40 minutes

Material required : Student Booklet

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You probably know some literary devices in both your mother tongue and in English.
Literary devices enrich a text and give it style, but they also play with our perceptions and interpretations.

Take this quiz to see which literary devices you are less familiar with.
Memorize their names and functions.

Answer the quiz about literary devices

Reflect: List which literary devices you think affect your perceptions the most. Explain your choice.

What's Next?

Do you have trouble differentiating between allegory, simile, metaphor and symbolism? Don’t worry, we’re covering these differences in the next task.

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Activity 6.1

AT A GLANCE

Intention: Learn how knowledge and experience shape our perceptions and interpretations.

Task: Watch the lesson and demonstrate your understanding.

Duration : approx. 15 minutes

Material required : Student Booklet

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Intention

Understand how some literary devices help create a dystopia using similarities with the real world. These devices will be very useful in your final task.

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6.2 All Summer in a day

AT A GLANCE

Intention: Understand how some literary devices help create a dystopia using similarities with the real world. These devices will be very useful in your final task.

Task: Read an excerpt of a short story containing literary devices to name them and analyze their effect.

Duration : approx. 60 minutes

Material required : Student Booklet

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6.2.1 Instructions

This summary will help you understand the story All Summer in a Day by Ray Bradbury. Read it once for your enjoyment, then read it again to notice the literary devices that are present.

Consult

Read the summary of All Summer in a Day.

You can also view the story as a movie.

All Summer In a Day from Kody Cunningham on Vimeo.

6.2.2 Instructions

Read this excerpt from All Summer in a Day by Ray Bradbury.
Complete the grid that follows the text and answer the questions.

Consult

Excerpt of All Summer in a Day, Ray Bradbury

Analyze some of the literary devices used in the excerpt from Ray Bradbury’s classic short story.

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                            the children were crushed in the great thick windows&nbsp;
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                              like a feverish wheel, all tumbling spokes
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                              who looked as if she had been lost in the rain for years and the rain had washed out the blue from her eyes and the red from her mouth and the yellow from her hair
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                            her voice would be a ghost
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What do you think the sun symbolizes?

What do you think the rain symbolizes?

What do you think Margot symbolizes?

What do you think the rest of the kids symbolize?

Explain the title All Summer in a Day.

Reflect: What roles can symbols and allegories play in dystopian texts?

What's Next?

Now that you know more about certain literary devices, let’s look at the role symbols play in creating dystopian allegories.

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