Figurative Lang.
Name the type of figurative language that uses "like" or "as."
What is a simile.
This type of irony occurs when there is a contrast between what would seem appropriate and what really happens.
What is situational irony.
The literal definition of a word from the dictionary.
Ex: A home is a building where you and your family live.
What is denotation?
The first sentence at the beginning of a body paragraph.
What is a topic sentence?
A long narrative poem that normally tells a story about a hero or an adventure.
What is an epic?
Exaggeration or comparisons that are excessive and not literal. Ex: I am out of gas.
What is hyperbole.
This type of irony occurs when the audience or the reader knows something important that a character in a play or story does not know. Ex: Oedipus Rex
What is dramatic irony.
The cultural and psychological associations that a word carries. Ex: Home means, safety, love, a place where your family accepts and love you.
What is connotation?
For every one concrete detail, you need to write two sentences of commentary, explanation, or analysis to follow.
What is the ratio between concrete detail and commentary in paragraph writing?
A fourteen line poem which literally translates to "a little song." William Shakespeare made this poem form extremely famous.
What is a sonnet?
Giving inanimate objects human-like characteristics or life-like qualities. Ex: The sinuous shadows slithered across the burning sand in the afternoon sun.
What is personification?
This type of irony occurs when a writer or speaker says one thing, but really means something completely different.
What is verbal irony.
The central idea, topic, or point of a story or essay.
What is a theme?
The last sentence located at the end of your introductory paragraph, which contain the three main points of your entire essay.
What is a thesis statement?
This type of poetry literally presents an image that enhances the poem's meaning.
Ex: George Herbert's "The Altar" or "Easter Wings"
What is concrete or shape poetry.
Harsh, discordant mixture of sounds that create disagreeable sounds or images for a reader. Ex: Klarissa Klein drives an Old, grumbling Cadillac which has a crumpled bumper and screaming, screeching horn.
What is cacophony?
This type of irony is a play on words in which one word carries multiple meanings. Ex: The word "game" can refer to either a game of checkers or to prey, like an animal you hunt.
What is a pun?
A saying, image, idea, or saying that is so overused, it has lost its effectiveness.
What is a cliché?
The last sentence in a body paragraph, that introduces the next paragraph's topic.
Example: If your previous paragraph discusses cat's as American's favorite house pet and the paragraph following discusses dogs, then the last sentence in the "cate" paragraph should have a word, canine, that introduces the following "dog" paragraph's topic.
What is a transitional sentence between paragraphs.
This type of poetry has a very distinct rhythm and rhyme scheme. It was often used for humorous or off-colored poems.
Ex: There was a young girl from St. Paul,
Wore a newspaper-dress to a ball.
The dress caught on fire
And burned her entire
Front page, sporting section and all.
What is a limerick?
The repetition of consonant sounds in a poem or prose text. Ex: She sells sea shells by the sea shore.
What is allitieration?
A type of irony used to mock or convey contempt.
What is sarcasm.
Words and phrases that are considered informal and should not be used in academic writing or language.
Ex: I was walking on eggshells.
What is slang?
This is the smallest paragraph in your entire essay. It has three to four sentences, it has your thesis statement in it re-worded, and it has a "life's lesson" sentence in it.
What is your conclusion paragraph?
A poem addressed to a specific person, place, or thing. It is often meant to praise or glorify its subject.
What is an ode.