Figurative Language
Figurative language creates a ________ in the reader's mind and cannot be understood _________.
picture/visual, literally/as written
Peter Piper picked a peck of peppers is an example of __________.
alliteration
"Passing voices, a small spluttering engine like that of a generator or an idling motorbike, the distance shrieks of children, a horn that sounded like a loud fart, something metallic scraping" is an example of which sense?
sound
To achieve an advanced score higher than an 83% on this narrative project, your draft must include at least this many sensory details and figurative language elements.
Four
Tell me THREE types of figurative language we took notes on above and beyond simile, metaphor, and personification. : )
alliteration, hyperbole, onomatopoeia, or idiom
What's the difference between denotation and connotation. Use the word "sus" to explain.
D - dictionary definition of a word
C - feelings or emotions connected to the word
"An odor of sourish smoke, subtle but unmistakable" is an example of which sense?
smell
Before typing up your final draft, you must complete this collaborative editing step with a classmate.
Peer editing
_________ are tricky because they are specific to __________ and __________; they cannot be understood literally or easily translated.
Idioms, culture, language
"Thank you so much for your support! I really appreciate all of the positive notes and check-ins while I worked on this project."
What is TONE and what is the tone of this text?
Tone - writer/speaker's attitude toward the audience, subject, or character
Tone - appreciative, grateful, thankful
"The thinness the warmth and the cold" is an example of the sense of __________.
touch
Correct the mechanical error in this sentence: "Out of the 5 puppies I saw at the shelter, only 12 were adopted."
Change 5 to five
hyperbole, idiom
What is MOOD? Give me three distinct examples of mood.
Mood - feeling the reader gets when reading the text
examples will vary
acidic, metallic, burnt, medicinal are all examples of the sense of __________
taste
Correct the punctuation error in this sentence: "The boys jacket was soaked from the rain."
boys --> boy's
Combine a figurative language device and a sensory detail in the same sentence.
Answers will vary, but students must use both in the same phrase/sentence.
Use the following two nouns to create a simile AND a metaphor AND then EXPLAIN how the two nouns are similar (explain your simile and metaphor).
Helicopter and Iguana
answers will vary
In the poem "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" by William Wordsworth, identify words that demonstrate ASSONANCE and EXPLAIN HOW YOU KNOW.
I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.
o - lonely, floats, o'er, host, golden, daffodils
e - beside, beneath, trees, breeze
answers may vary so long as they identify a repeating vowel sound WITHIN the words
"The little island of Manhattan, set like a jewel in its nest of rainbow waters" is BOTH the sense of __________ and an example of ___________, a type of figurative language. Put these two words together, and you get an example of a poetic sound device known as __________.
sight, simile, alliteration
Correct the punctuation error in this sentence: "Both of my sisters rooms are messy."
sisters --> sisters'
What is the Oxford Comma? Write a sentence as an example.
The last comma in a list of items, comes before "and" most commonly. Answers will vary