demonstrate your understanding of key literary devices

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Directions: Gather text evidence to demonstrate your understanding of key literary devices. Answer the questions that follow. You should choose quotes from our more recent reading; you may use the chapters “Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong” through “Style” from the book The things they carried by William Timothy O’Brien   Literary Device Types Text Evidence Example Points characterization 1. direct 2. indirect Direct characterization quote:    Indirect characterization quote: What does this show about the character?: Quote: __/1   Quote: __/1 Response: __/2 conflict  1. internal (man v. self) 2. external            (man v. man)           (man v. nature)           (man v. society) Internal conflict quote: How does this exemplify internal conflict? External conflict quote: What type of external conflict is this?: How does this exemplify external conflict?: Quote: __/1 Response: __/2 Quote: __/1 Response: __/1 Response: __/2 irony 1. verbal 2. situational 3. dramatic  Irony quote: What type of irony is this? explain: Quote: __/1 Response: __/2 foil character   (a character with traits opposite of that of another character…these contrasting qualities are meant to highlight the difference between the characters) — Foil character quote: Which character contrasts this character? How so?: Quote: __/1 Response: __/2 theme themes in The Things They Carried: 1. fear 2. loss of innocence 3. burdens of war 4. trauma 5. isolation 6. morals 7 .civility v. survival 8. the pointlessness of war 9. shame  10. guilt Theme quote: What theme is this?: How does this quote exemplify this theme?: Quote: __/1 Response: __/1 Response: __/2 — — — Total points: ___/21