The Ones you Know
Her hair flowed like the river
Simile
"They were like a monstrous crystal chandelier tinkling in a thousand chimes, he saw their Cheshire cat smiles burning through the walls of the house, and now they were screaming at each other above the din."
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Allusion to "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll
The woman growled at the child, baring her fangs as she scolded him.
Zoomorphism
Tick tock goes the clock
ticking the night away.
buzz ding! goes the alarm
welcoming the morning to come alive.
Clash! BANG! Goes the child
(2)
falling from his nighttime wiles
responding to the tick tock of the clock
the buzz ding! of the alarm
Welcome Christmas! Here I come!
Onomatopoeia
Allusion
“And the world stopped spinning
And the waters did part
If only for a minute
Hope sparked in her heart
And the distance grew shorter
And the days grew long”
Anaphora
He twisted with all his might, but the jar was too strong and too stubborn to budge.
Personification
"Stars winked in the night"
Personification
The bird was filled with hope as he strolled down the sidewalk full of people.
Anthropomorphism
“I always told you, Gwendolen, my name was Ernest, didn’t I? Well, it is Ernest after all. I mean it naturally is Ernest.”
Homophonic pun
Does a imagery, comparisons, or symbols of snakes/serpents have positive or negative connotations associated with them? Why?
YES: While a serpent is often attributed negative connotations usually directly derived from religious influences (biblical allusions), snakes and serpents are also associated with rebirth and fertility.
''I must be cruel, only to be kind,"
-Hamlet
Literary Paradox
All a around the dazzling dragons danced through the demented dungeon.
Alliteration
I would kill for a coffee today.
NAME TWO
Alliteration
Hyperbole
"A cross-eyed teacher couldn't control his pupils"
Homographic pun
Which Mountain is Ms. Oakes' favorite?
Tahoma
''All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others."
Literary Paradox
"Pray the world they lived once
May outlive today
as they dodge in and out of the fray."
Assonance
“For men were born to pray and save:
Romantic Ireland’s dead and gone,
It’s with O’Leary in the grave…
And what, God help us, could they save?
Romantic Ireland’s dead and gone,
It’s with O’Leary in the grave."
Refrain
There, Their, they're
Homophones
What is Ms. Oakes' dog's name?
SPELLING COUNTS
Shacoia
Her mind wandered, lost at sea, thoughts clashing against rock, a tidal wave churning.
Metaphor
The brightly painted kite tails whispered in the wind, singing the song of freedom to it's captor's hand as fingers tightened on the long leash.
NAME THREE.
Juxtaposition
Imagery
Personification
"The Pen in Mightier than the Sword"
Metonymy
He couldn't bear the thought of executing that grizzly bear.
Homographs
What are the best figurative language devices to use on the AP Test?
The ones you know: The ones you can identify accurately AND talk about their impact on more than just that moment. The ones you can talk about in terms of the impact on the work as a whole.