Figurative Language / Poetic Devices
Overstating or exaggerating something.
What is Hyperbole?
Each poem conveys an overall message or intention of the poet.
What is the Theme?
A specific genre of nonfiction where the writer describes a location, its people, customs, and culture.
What is travel writing?
The 4 letters were written to this person.
Who is Margaret?
A terrible mistake Epimetheus made when distributing the qualities that are essential to survive.
Had Epimetheus distributed all of the qualities that each would need in order to survive upon the earth except man?
Alliteration is a reference to a specific person, historical event or text.
True or False?
False, Allusion
The pattern of rhyme that comes at the end of each verse or line in poetry.
What is the rhyme scheme?
Examples of travel writing.
What are Blogs, Brochures, Tourism companies, Guide books….
Descriptions of characteristics and passions of Henry.
What is chivalrous? What are the virtues of heroes and actions of men?
Hephaestus, the lame smith, gave Prometheus this besides knowledge.
How did mortals have fire?
The following is an example of what writing technique?
The stars twinkled playfully in the night sky, using their childish eye.
A. Simile
B. Metaphor
C. Personification
D. Characterization
C. Personification
Laistrygonians and Cyclops,
angry Poseidon—don’t be afraid of them
……
Laistrygonians and Cyclops,
wild Poseidon—you won’t encounter them
What poetic devices can you identify?
Repetition and allusion
Travel and tourism are excellent ways for individuals to learn about themselves, and diverse cultures.
True or False?
Victor listened to his words to eliminate prejudice against chemistry.
Who is Monsieur Waldman？
Hephaestus, Athena, and Prometheus are all afraid of him.
Who is the Olympian Zeus?
Which of the following sentences uses a metaphor to describe the passage of time?
A. Thiefly as time, silently stealing away our moments.
B. Time moves like a river, flowing endlessly towards the sea.
C. Time is an endless road, stretching out before us.
D. Time, like a clock, ticks away the seconds of our lives.
C. Time is an endless road, stretching out before us.
Examples of the poetic sound devices.
What are onomatopoeia, alliteration(consonance) and assonance？
You cannot have dialogues in travel writing.
True or False?
Victor deprived himself of rest and health for this.
How was Victor’s creation of the monster?
Into the second pile, he wrapped layers of white fat over THIS and covered this sacrifice with oxhide to fool Zeus.
What are bones?
Fill in the blank with an allusion that suggests the creation of something monstrous or unnatural, similar to the creature in Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein":
The experiment resulted in a grotesque abomination, a modern _______that terrified all who laid eyes upon it.
Who is Prometheus?
When analyzing a poem, you should first look at its structure.
True or False?
False, look at the structure later (the 4th time you read it)
The food the hosts tried in the Turkey documentary we watched during the class.
What is Baklava?
Henry knew the reason why Victor was sick.
True or False?
False
Punishments for Prometheus.
Is he parched by the blazing sun each day and frozen by the icy winds each night?
Will Olympian Zeus set his predatory eagle upon him to tear open his body and gorge his voracious appetite upon his defenseless liver, and enjoy a renewed feast the next day after his liver has regenerated?