Definitions
Comparing two unalike things using like or as
What is a simile?
Hands up to the sky
I’ll be your galaxy
I’m about to fly
Rain on me, tsunami
What is metaphor?
at the park, around the corner, for the game
What is a prepositional phrase?
The owl screeched through the night keeping us awake.
What is onomatopoeia?
sound mimics the word (aka Batman words)
What is onomatopoeia?
Comparing two unalike things without using like or as
What is a metaphor?
I got me a car, it’s as big as a whale
And we’re headin’ on down to the Love Shack
What is a simile?
The vehicle ZOOMED around the corner and out of sight.
What is a verb?
The loud silence of her mind often keeps her awake at night.
What is an oxymoron? (opposites)
Reference to something famous (specifically Biblical, mythical, or historical)
What is an allusion?
Giving an inanimate object human-like actions or characteristics
What is personification?
I see skies of blue
And clouds of white
The bright blessed day
The dark sacred night
And I think to myself
What a wonderful world
What is alliteration?
The class cheered for joy WHEN THEY RECEIVED THEIR FREE FRIDAY.
What is a dependent or subordinate clause?
What is hyperbole?
exaggeration
What is a hyperbole?
Repetition of beginning consonant sounds
What is alliteration?
I want to wake up in a city
That doesn’t sleep
And find I’m king of the hill
Top of the heap
What is personification?
WHEN, ALTHOUGH, IF, BECAUSE
What are subordinating conjunctions?
What is an allusion?
placing opposites side by side for contrast
What is an oxymoron OR paradox?
vivid descriptions that elicit strong sight, sound, smell, hearing, or feeling
What is imagery?
She’s just a girl, and she’s on fire
Hotter than a fantasy, lonely like a highway
(HINT: not simile)
What is paradox? (opposites)
Label the following sentence:
After the game the football team and cheerleading squad excitedly met at the pizza parlor for a celebratory dinner.
TEACHER WILL VERIFY
He collapsed in the grass, his muscles burning as if they had been poured with gasoline and lit on fire.
What is imagery?
representing an abstract idea with a concrete object
What is a symbol?