Talk:The Ancient World (HUM 124 - UNC Asheville)/Texts/Odyssey/Storytelling devices

Things like literary devices: metaphor, simile, allusion, flashback, foreshadowing, tone, imagery, personification, symbolism things like: aside, cliffhanger, back story, dream sequence, exposition, flashback, flash forward, monologue, nested stories, parable, prologue, realization, split, twist ending. - Grace C.

This is a good list! When you are looking for these, think about short passages (maybe a few lines or up to a page) and quote the part of the passage that is most important for explaining exactly what the device is. -Joey Cross (discuss • contribs) 21:29, 15 September 2020 (UTC)

A device to look for: metaphor and simile

Look for the use of metaphor and/or simile. Keep an eye out for when a storyteller says, "Just as....." It would be interesting to discuss how these metaphors/similes work (what kinds of language do you find to mark them? what parts are there to them?) and also to think about the purpose of metaphors/similes. Are they used at specific times? Is it to help the reader picture something (maybe to visualize something that is difficult to describe outright)? Do you see running themes? Do the metaphors/similes draw from specific or identifiable realms of experience (like nature)? Are some realms of experience more appropriate at certain times? -Joey Cross (discuss • contribs) 22:28, 14 September 2020 (UTC)

Progress report

@Hsikes19, StephanieHolz, and DhruviParmar: Glad to see this taking shape, good work so far! As you continue to add, or before you add much more, think about how to divide up and organize what is already there. Look for common themes (like metaphors) and see if you can think of a heading or subheading that they could go under. Maybe this can all be subsumed under the heading "Visual Aspects of Storytelling," with subheadings like "Metaphor"? Just a thought; this may not necessarily work. Remember: the title of the page is "Storytelling Devices," so you do not need to repeat that as a main heading of the page's content....try and think of more specific and accurate ways to organize the material (and use subheadings whenever possible). Doing this is actually a great way to revise and to finesse your ideas...-Joey Cross (discuss • contribs) 14:33, 21 September 2020 (UTC)

A few last steps

@StephanieHolz, Sophiej10, Gracie Aldridge, and DhruviParmar: This is looking great! You guys have done a fantastic job describing devices in the different chapters. Hopefully we can get a few more folks from the groups to add some more examples, but in the meantime, Steph, Sophie, Gracie, and Dhruvi: do you think you could highlight in some way the different devices you have found? I'm happy with the way the page is organized by chapter, but it would be great if the devices themselves "popped" a bit for a reader. You could put them in bold, which would be the easiest way. What about having a new section at the beginning that lists all the examples found below and gives a brief (one sentence) definition? -Joey Cross (discuss • contribs) 12:27, 1 October 2020 (UTC)