Inferencing
A character has a briefcase, is taking a ride on an airplane and is late for a meeting. What can we infer about this character's job?
The giving of human qualities to an animal, object or abstract idea.
Personification
What is a pun?
A play on words; sometimes on different meanings of the same word and sometimes on the similar sense or sound of different words.
A seemingly contradictory statement, which actually makes sense or contains some truth.
A Paradox
We shall sing Christmas carols. We shall give thanks. We shall spread Christmas cheer. We shall celebrate Jesus birth.
What is it?
Anaphora
The grass at the school is wet. Give me 3 examples of what you could infer from this.
1. It rained
2. The sprinkler was on
3. Dew on the grass from the morning
The repetition of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
Alliteration
An expression used by a particular group of people with a meaning that is only known through common use.
What is Anaphora
The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses.
It was a pretty ugly day outside for the farmers to be working.
What is it?
Oxymoron
Your friend is holding an umbrella...what are 3 inferences you can make?
1. It is raining
2. It is hot so they are using it to cover them from the sun
3. Teachers choice
The use of words which actually sound like the objects or actions to which they refer
Onomatopoeia
What is Assonance?
The repetition of vowel sounds
A figure of speech in which a part is used to represent the whole, or the whole for a part.
Synedoche
My aunt passed away last week.
What is this?
Euphemism.
What has to be broken before it can be used?
An egg
An exaggerated statement used to emphasize an idea or make a point.
Hyperbole
A comparison between two things in order to highlight a point of similarity. It is different to a metaphor or simile, in that it expresses a set of like relationships between two sets of terms.
Analogy
A ‘softer’, more inoffensive word or phrase, used as a substitute for one considered too harsh or blunt, when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing.
Euphemism
Save money by spending it.
What is it?
Paradox
Answer both questions
You answer me, although I never ask you questions. What am I?
What do you fill with empty hands
A Telephone
Gloves
A brief, indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance.
Allusion
When incongruous or contradictory terms appear side by side.
What are the three types of irony and define them
There are 3 types of irony: verbal (when what is said is the opposite of what is meant), situational (a contrast between the result of a situation and what is usually expected) and dramatic (when the audience or reader know more than the characters).
The captain commands 100 sails in the Bermuda Triangle section of the ocean.
Synecdoche