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Lewis Carroll

Published on Nov 18, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

LEWIS CARROLL

Imani Johnson, Breianna Barber, and Mackenzie Aromin

THEMES

  • Reality vs. Nonsense
  • Political and Social
  • Fantasy and Realism

TONES

  • Whimsical
  • Tongue-in-cheek
  • Gentle
Photo by _Nowo

FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

  • Symbolism
  • Allusions
  • Imagery
  • Alliteration
  • Metaphors
Photo by mwanasimba

WORD CHOICES

  • Onomatopoeias
  • Portmanteaus
Portmanteau- a combination of two words to create a new word
Photo by misopocky

SOUND DEVICES

  • Assonance
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CARROLL'S POEMS

  • Dreamland
  • Alice and the White Knight
  • Father William
  • A Boat Beneath a Sunny Sky
  • Jabberwocky

JABBERWOCKY

  • Named after giant monster foe
Photo by Fabienne D.

JABBERWOCKY THEMES

  • Facing your fears
  • Perseverance
  • Good vs. Evil

SETTING

  • Literally in Wonderland

WHAT'S THAT SOUND?

  • Exclamation points
  • Constant rhythm
  • Volume fluctuates
  • Onomatopoeias

FORM

  • Ballad stanza
  • Solely quatrains
  • Iambic tetrameter
  • Last line of each stanza- iambic trimeter

WORD PLAY

  • Onomatopoeia
  • Portmanteau
  • Harsh words
  • Assonance
Photo by Gaia Cilloni