Popular Culture Terms 1
The faces on Lightning McQueen and Sally.
What is personification?
V's opening dialogue... "Voilà! In view, a humble vaudevillian veteran, cast vicariously..."
What is alliteration?
"You sit on a throne of lies!" - Elf to the store Santa
What is hyperbole?
Theme
life lesson/central idea/message/big idea
Your own example of a simile
(an example that used like/as)
Thor being tasered by Jane.
What is irony?
Harrison "leaped like deer on the moon"
What is simile
Dr. Strange utters "Try me, Beyonce" to his sidekick, Wong.
What is allusion?
Metaphor
comparison between 2 things without like or as
Your own example of a metaphor
(your own example of a metaphor)
At the end of The Dark Knight, we see a card from a deck of cards with a joker on it.
What is foreshadowing?
That Eckles went to kill a dinosaur and instead ends up being killed.
What is irony?
"The barn was old. It smelled of hay and it smelled of manure. It smelled of the perspiration of tired horses and the wonderful sweet breath of patient cows."
What is imagery?
Imagery
a description that appeals to your senses
Your own example of a personification
(own example of personification)
Yondu exclaims, "I'm Mary Poppins y'all!" in The Guardians of the Galaxy 2.
What is allusion?
Arrow's gun left at the beside the Cellist's flowers
What is juxtaposition? (Will accept symbolism)
Groot yelling "I AM GROOT" vs. him whispering "I am Groot"
What is tone?
Irony - 3 kinds
verbal: sarcasm - situational: doesn't make sense - dramatic: we know but the characters don't
Your own example of alliteration
(any example of alliteration)
Chevrolet Christmas commercial - the story about the grandma with Alzheimer's - makes people feel sad & nostalgic.
What is mood?
The water Lt. Dan jumps into from Forrest's boat.
Disney's Lady & the Tramp
What is juxtaposition?
Juxtaposition
two people/places/things placed together for the purpose of comparison and contrast
You own example of irony
(any example of irony)