Figurative Language
when two unlike things are compared without the use of like or as
a seventeen syllable poem written in three lines
finding similarities and differences whether in a piece of writing or between different pieces of writing
What is compare and contrast?
Words where the sound suggests the meaning
What is onomatopoeia?
"I'm getting married in the morning! Ding dong! the bells are gonna chime."
What is ONOMATOPOEIA?
the use of exaggeration as a device or figure of speech
a form of poetry which tells a story, often making use of the voices of a narrator and characters
What is a narrative poem?
Isabel met an enormous bear, Isabel, Isabel, didn't care; The bear was hungry, the bear was ravenous, The bear's big mouth was cruel and cavernous. The bear said, Isabel, glad to meet you, How do, Isabel, now I'll eat you!
WHAT ARE TWO EXAMPLES OF FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE FOUND IN THIS STANZA?
What is "CRUEL AND CAVERNOUS" - ALLITERATION "THE BEAR SAID, ISABEL, GLAD TO MEET YOU" - PERSONIFICATION "Isabel, Isabel" REPETITION
Bear/Care, Ravenous/Cavernous-Rhyme
The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of a word
What is ALLITERATION?
While I nodded, nearly napping...
What is ALLITERATION?
when words use like or as to make a comparison between two unlike things
form of light verse depicting imaginative characters in amusing situations of fantasy, whimsical in tone and with a rhythmic appeal, often employing fanciful phrases and meaningless made-up words
Statues above me, Mighty they stand, I might be scared, If they weren’t my towering friends. WHAT IS AN EXAMPLE OF FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE IN THIS POEM?
What is "IF THEY WEREN'T MY FRIENDS?" PERSONIFICATION
The narrator of a poem
The sun did not shine./ It was too wet to play./ So we sat in the house. All that wet, wet, wet day.” (not RHYME)
What is REPETITION?
when an inanimate object is given human qualities
What is PERSONIFICATION?
the repeating of a word, line, or stanza in poetry
What is repetition?
In the forests late at night, I saw a really frightening fright, It was scary and really mean, I think I saw a goblin machine! What is the rhyme scheme?
What is AABB?
language that appeals to the senses of sight, touch, taste, hearing and smell
What is imagery?
And, as in uffish thought he stood,
The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame,
Came whiffling through the tulgey wood,
And burbled as it came!
What is RHYME?
the use of words to create a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning
he underlying meaning of the poem
What is theme?
Oh beautiful, for spacious skies, for amber waves of grain, for purple mountain majesties, above the fruited plain. What is the rhyme scheme?
What is ABCDC?
the feeling that a piece of writing produces in the reader
What is the mood?
All the world's a stage, and we are merely players.
What is a METAPHOR?