Literary device glossary

Neal Chapman
Literary device glossary #7

flashback: A literary or cinematic device in which an earlier event is inserted into the normal chronological order of a narrative.

Example: "The motive professed was his convection of its being owing to himself that Wickham's worthlessness had not been so well known, as to make it impossible for any young women of character to love or confide in him." (p.275 pride and prejudice)

Function: Darcy has acted very preoccupied, and distant. this has lead to Elizabeth not taking a liking to Darcy. at first she hates Darcy. than Elizabeth gets a letter from her uncle explaining that Darcy caught Wickham cheating on his sister, this is what lead Darcy to acting distant. After wickham gets married, he starts to act nicer. this is an example of flashback because it is a retelling of past events, that were not told previously told.  Darcy catching wickham is what lead to him acting the way he did, the flash back explains that to the reader to make the reader more understand why Darcy is acting this way.

litterary device glossary #6

Neal Chapman

Foreshadowing: an advance sign or warning of what is to come in the future. The author of a mystery novel might use foreshadowing in the early chapter of his book to give readers an inkling of an impending murder.

Example: it was a large, handsome, stone building, standing well on rising ground. (pride and prejudice, p207)

Function: Mr. Darcy is a quite, rude, socializing person. he like Elizabeth, but shows it in a weird, rude sort of way. Elizabeth starts off by hating Darcy. Eventually Darcy starts to grow on Elizabeth, but not before he proposes to her. she turns him down. When Elizabeth and her family go to pemberly, the house owned by Darcy. she goes on to describe it like it was the most amazing thing she had ever seen. she wanted to make sure that Darcy did not see her looking at the house and falling in love with it though. This is foreshadowing because Elizabeth falling in love with Darcy's home is the same as her falling in love with Darcy. Eventually she does fall completely in love with Darcy and does marry him.

 revised college essay

My high school track coach selected me for a special opportunity. I was to travel to Fairbanks and go to the first ever united high school track and field state championships. The united part was that I would be partnered up with a special needs kid who was already on the team. The kids name was Ryan Harvey and he was one of the nicest kids on the team. He is autistic and it is quite noticeable, he also is one of the quietest kids I have ever met. He was part of the team, just like any other kid and competed. I had the chance to run a relay with him the year before. He handed the baton off to me and I was talking to him telling him what to do during the handoff. I guess my coach was happy with my ability to communicate with Ryan. Of course, I was honored to have the chance to make state history by competing (and hopefully winning a gold medal) in the first ever unified Alaska high school track and field championship.

            Our trip was paid for by Special Olympics Alaska, but other than that we were treated just like any other state contenders. We stayed with the rest of our team and they treated us just like we were any other athlete. We were to compete in three different events, the shot-put, the 100 meter sprint and the 400 meter relay. Up first was the shot-put. I had just spent the previous weak teaching Ryan how to throw the shot. We got third place and bronze medals. Secondly, we had the 100 meter sprint. We got another bronze medal. I was spending most of my time trying to talk to Ryan, asking him if he was having fun and stuff like that. He would always just say one word answers and that would usually be the end of the conversation. The last event for us was the 400 meter relay. The other two participants in the relay were a pair from the other high school in Juneau. We got first place in the relay. Right after we finished the officials gave all four of us got Alaska flags and we ran in front of the stands crowded with cheering people. We went up to get our medals and our pictures taken. As Ryan and I were walking back to put our regular shoes on, he talked to me without being asked a question for the first time in the trip He said to me with a smile on his face, “I got first place, what place did you get Neal?” “I was on the same team with you, I also got first place,” I responded to him with a matching smile on my face.

            This experience really taught what winning really means. I now know that winning is not just getting a medal, but it really is helping someone who is less fortunate than you. I might lose my medals someday, but I will never forget the day that I helped Ryan. That is what winning really means.

Literary Device Glossary

Neal Chapman

10/05/13

Definition: a situation that is strange or funny because things happen in a way that seems to be the opposite of what you expected.

Example: And still he endured it, holding the flame of the matches clumsily to the bark that would not light readily because his own burning hands were in the way, absorbing most of the flame.

Context: A man was walking through the Klondike and it was -70 degrees. He had gotten separated from the rest of the group and now just his dog and he are walking, trying to get back to the rest of the group. At one point his leg falls through the ice. At that temperature, a wet foot would mean death. He lights a fire and it is going good till a pile of snow falls onto the fire. He tries to start another fire, but at this point his hands are so cold that he can’t move them enough to separate a match and light it. He does finally light a match but his hands are blocking the match from the kindling. His hands are starting to burn but they are still not warm enough to be functioning. This is irony because he is trying to light a fire to warm up his hands but his hands are getting burned instead of lighting the fire.

 Blog post 5
Neal Chapman


I do think that people should go to secondary education. i do not think that is should be just college. college is a good thing, but if what you want to do doesn't require a college education then you shouldn't waste the money. technical schools are a good idea if all you want to do is offered there.

Getting more education is always a good thing, but college is very expensive. I do want to go to college, but that is because i want to go into medicine. if i just wanted to go into welding, i would go to a technical school where i could get all the training i needed and get a internship.  i would get paid to get training, and then i could get a better job. but if i wanted to become a lawyer, i would go to college and get my degree.

i want to go to college, because i also want to try and find myself more. i want to be able to live by my self and try and get used to living alone. i don't want to just jump into living by myself and not know what to do. i don't know how to pay bills, or select a apartment. I also want to be able to get the kind of job that i want to get. i dont want to go work in a tourist shop, stocking inventory. i have done that for two summers and now i know what i dont want to do. i also know that going to college will open up opportunities.  i dont want to be limited in any way at all. i want to be able to do anything i want and i know that college will be able to help me with that.

i really want to go to a small college because i want a teacher who will be able to know my name. i want to be able to go to a small class and know the names of everyone in my class. i dont want to just be a face in the crowd, with no one really caring about what i do or what i want to do. i also want to go to a school where there is a active campus, i dont want to go to a school where no one does anything and i can do is study. i also dont want to go to a school where all the people think that they are better than everyone else. they actually aren't any better. they are the same as everyone else. they are not any diffrent.