Read the Required Reading novel and one other novel from the list. Required Reading: Kite Runner by Khaled Hossein A. Required novel: On the first week of school, you will have an exam on the required reading book. B. Required novel: Find 40 examples of the following literary devices, with at least one for each and no more than 3 for one. Quote the text where you found the example (with page number), explain how it fits the definition of the literary device, and finally analyze its use: why does the author choose to use this device as he/she does? Alternatively, how does it function in the story to develop or highlight themes/characters? **If you cannot find an example/are unfamiliar with one of the devices below, be sure to understand how and why it would be used in another work. Define the device in your own words and create an example. This does not count toward your 40 examples. ** This assignment is to be typed (12 point Times New Roman, 1-inch margins) and will be submitted to Turnitin in the first week of class. 1. Alliteration 2. Historical Allusion 3. Biblical Allusion 4. Literary Allusion 5. Onomatopoeia 6. Simile 7. Metaphor 8. Personification 9. Hyperbole (overstatement) 10. Hyperbole (understatement) 11. Situational Irony 12. Verbal Irony 13. Dramatic Irony 14. Symbolism 15. Tone 16. Metonymy 17. Synecdoche 18. Setting 19. Diction 20. Apostrophe 21. Imagery __________________________________________________________________ C. Alternative novel: For your other novel, proceed to research a real life current event (news article from the last 6 months) that relates to a theme you found in the book. Then, explain the relevance of this current event to a theme you chose from the book (use MLA format for your writing). Save your writing assignment and the article you chose on a flash drive. Be prepared to submit the document to Turnitin during the first week of classes. If you need some guidance on what is a theme, please refer to the pdf on the Summer Reading website on literary themes. If you need guidance with the MLA format, please refer to the pdf on the Summer Reading website on MLA. Choose one novel from the list below: Chronicle of a Death Foretold, by Gabriel Garcia Marquez The Picture of Dorian Gray, by Oscar Wilde The Inferno, by Dante Alighieri Oliver Twist, by Charles Dickens The Alchemist, by Paulo Coelho Life of Pi, by Yann Martel The Iliad, by Homer And Still We Rise: The Trials and Triumphs of Twelve Gifted Inner City Students by Miles Corwin The Rose that Grew from Concrete by Tupac Shakur The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin Candide by Voltaire The Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison