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Analyzing Literature

The document provides information about literary and rhetorical devices used in writing. It discusses tone and mood, explaining that tone is the author's attitude while mood is the emotion aroused in the reader. It also covers author's purpose, noting the three main reasons for writing are to entertain, inform, and persuade. Examples are given for different literary devices like metaphor, analogy, parallelism, and repetition. The document aims to help students understand techniques used to convey meaning and persuade audiences.

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Analyzing Literature

The document provides information about literary and rhetorical devices used in writing. It discusses tone and mood, explaining that tone is the author's attitude while mood is the emotion aroused in the reader. It also covers author's purpose, noting the three main reasons for writing are to entertain, inform, and persuade. Examples are given for different literary devices like metaphor, analogy, parallelism, and repetition. The document aims to help students understand techniques used to convey meaning and persuade audiences.

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Hello,

students!
Back to school
nanaman tayo!
Analyzing Literature
through Understanding Tone, Mood,
Technique, Author’s Purpose,
Rhetoric
and Literary Devices Used
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LITERARY AND
RHETORICAL DEVICES
What is a rhetorical device?
Rhetorical device is a technique that an author or
speaker uses to convey to the listener or reader a
meaning with the goal of persuading them.
Rhetorical devices evoke an emotional response
in the readers through the use of language.
LITERARY AND
RHETORICAL DEVICES
What is meant by literary devices?
Literary device is a technique a writer uses to
produce a special effect in his writing and to
help readers understand his writing on a deeper
level.
LITERARY AND
RHETORICAL DEVICES
Metaphor
- a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is
applied to an object or action to which it is not
literally applicable.
• Kisses are the flowers of affection.
• The falling snowflakes are dancers.
LITERARY AND
RHETORICAL DEVICES
Analogy
- a comparison between two things, typically
for the purpose of explanation or clarification.

• The structure of an atom is like a solar system. The


nucleus is the sun, and electrons are the planets
revolving around their sun.
LITERARY AND
RHETORICAL DEVICES
Parallelism
- used to persuade, motivate, and/or evoke
emotional responses in an audience and is often
used in speeches. The balance between clauses
or phrases makes complex thoughts easier to
process while holding the reader's or listener's
attention
LITERARY AND
RHETORICAL DEVICES
Parallelism
• "My fellow Americans, ask not what your
country can do for you, ask what you can do for
your country." - John F. Kennedy
• "I don't want to live on in my work. I want to
live on in my apartment." - Woody Allen
LITERARY AND
RHETORICAL DEVICES
Repetition
- is the repeating of a word or phrase. It is a
common rhetorical device used to add emphasis
and stress in writing and speech.
LITERARY AND
RHETORICAL DEVICES
Repetition
• “Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow.”

•"And miles to go before I sleep, and miles to


go before I sleep." - Robert Frost "Stopping by
Woods on a Snowy Evening
tone and mood
Tone and mood both deal with the emotions
centered on a piece of writing. Though they
seem similar and can in fact be related
casually, they are in fact different.
tone
is the author’s attitude towards a subject.
While journalistic writing theoretically has a
tone of distance and objectivity, all other
writings can have various tones.
mood
is the atmosphere of a piece of writing; it’s
the emotion that a selection arouses in a reader.
AUTHOR’S PURPOSE
Three Reasons for Writing
1. Writing to Entertain
The primary purpose of texts that are
written to entertain is to amuse readers.
Examples of Texts that Are Written to
Entertain:
• Stories • Dramas
• Poem • Songs
AUTHOR’S PURPOSE
Three Reasons for Writing
2. Writing to Inform
The primary purpose of texts that are
written to inform is to enlighten the reader or to
provide the reader with information about a
topic.
AUTHOR’S PURPOSE
Examples of Texts That Are Written to Inform:

• Expository Essays or Articles


• Instructions or Directions
• Encyclopedias or Other Reference
Texts
AUTHOR’S PURPOSE
Three Reasons for Writing
3. Writing to Persuade
The purpose of the texts written to
persuade is to compel readers to take action, to
convince them of an idea through argument, or
to reaffirm their existing beliefs.
AUTHOR’S PURPOSE
Examples of Texts That Are Written to
Persuade:
• Advertisements
• Campaign Speeches
• Persuasive Letters or Notes
TH A N K
YO U !

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