Imagery
Auditory/Visual
I had to lace up my boots even harder. - Jay-Z
What is a playful play on words?
Ex: "I used to be a baker but I couldn't make enough dough, so I kneaded a change."
The last piece of cake is calling my name.
Personification.
Definition: Gives human traits to inanimate objects or animals.
A chili farmer doesn't like spicy foods. What type of irony?
Situational.
Identify the type of imagery in this passage: "He gives his harness bells a shake to ask if there is some mistake. The only other sound's the sweep of easy wind and downy flake."
Auditory
Every whisper, it's the worst, emptied out by a single word. - Calvin Harris
Alliteration ("Whisper, worst, word").
What is a common phrase with a hidden meaning that cannot be understood from the literal definition?
Idiom
Ex: "It's raining cats and dogs."
The bittersweet memories danced in her head.
Irony or coincidence? You and your friend had the same breed of dog when you were younger.
Coincidence.
Soft, cold, hot, and burning are words that create the image of something that uses _________ imagery.
Touch/Tactile
'Cause you were Romeo, I was a scarlet letter. And my daddy said, "Stay away from Juliet." - Taylor Swift
Allusion
What controls the reader's emotional response and shows how the author feels?
Tone
Passed away instead of died.
Euphemism.
Definition: A less direct word used instead of something unpleasant or harsh.
In the movie Monsters Inc., there is a corporation run by monsters whose job is to scare children, when in reality they are the ones who are scared of the children.
Situational.
What words help you determine the type of imagery in the sentence, "He whiffed the aroma of brewed coffee."
Whiffed and aroma
Started from the bottom, now we're here. - Drake
Idiom
Anything that stands or represents something else is known as what literary term?
Example, in Night, darkness and night represent a world without God's presence.
Symbolism
My father's thoughtless idea landed him in the middle of the lake without a life jacket.
Oxymoron.
True or false. Is this an example of dramatic irony? Marie had just gotten home and heard a loud thud. She thought that someone was in trouble, but her sister reassured her it was just the family next door playing trivia.
False. The reader has no more knowledge of the situation than the character.
Identify ALL 5 examples of imagery in this passage: "I listened to the birds chirp and sing see-saws up in the trees that were beginning to burst out in brilliant pink and white buds. The Earth smelled fresh with greenery that was finally emerging with the new season of life."
Listened, birds chip: Auditory
Pink and white, greenery: Visual
Smelled fresh: Olfactory
Goodbye England's rose, may you ever grow in our hearts. You were the grace that placed itself where lives were torn apart. - Elton John
(List two types of figurative language)
Metaphor and Allusion (Tribute to Princess Diana)
What does TPEQEA stand for?
T: Thesis/Topic Sentence
P: Point
E: Examples
Q: Quote
E: Elaborate
A: Analysis
A horse is a very stable animal.
Pun.
Definition: A play on words. They add an extra meaning to a subject and are often seen as a form of joke or to be humorous.
Verbal.
“Marshmallow” is the opposite of how you would describe the beast behind Olaf. He’s using verbal irony when assigning that nickname.