English Essentials - Powering through Prose - Figurative Language (Stage 6, Years/Grades 11-12)

This video tutorial explores key elements of analyzing prose fiction, focusing on figurative language, imagery, rhythm, syntax, and tone. It covers various techniques such as similes, metaphors, irony, paradoxes, and synaesthesia, using examples from notable works like Orwell's 1984 and Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray. The lesson also delves into rhythm and syntax, discussing polysyndeton, asyndeton, and sentence truncation. Finally, it examines tone and context, highlighting their role in character development and thematic expression, with references to Camus' The Stranger.

What is synaesthesia, and how is it used in writing?

Discuss the impact of rhythm in prose and how it can affect characterization.

What role does tone play in shaping a narrative?

How can context influence the interpretation of a character's actions?