Figurative language
What type of figurative language is this?
“The gym is a loud, crowded circus.
My stomach is a roller coaster.
My head, a carousel.
The air, heavy with the smell of sweat, popcorn, and the sweet perfume of mothers watching sons.”
Metaphor
What is the meaning of?
”A disease
otherwise known as high blood pressure.”
Hypertension
What type of tone is this?
“As in: If JB hadn't been acting so silly and
playing around, he would have cut one lock instead of five from my head and avoided this calamity.
As in: The HUGE bald patch on the side of my head is a dreadful calamity.
As in: After the game Mom almost has a fit
When she sees my hair,
What a calamity, she says, shaking her head
and telling Dad to take me to the barber shop on Saturday
to have the rest cut off.”
Angry and upset
Where is the rhyme?
Preppin' my meal, ready for glass ...
Nobody's expecting Filthy to pass
I see Vondie under the hoop
so I serve him up my
Alley-OOP.
A:glass and pass
B: hoop and ally-oop
What is the sound devices?
At the End of Warm-Ups, My Brother Tries to Dunk
“Not even close, JB.
What's the matter?
The hoop too high for you? I snicker but it's not funny to him,
especially when I take off from center court, my hair like wings,
each lock lifting me higher and HIGHER like a 747 ZOOM ZOOM!
I throw down so hard, the fiberglass trembles.
BOO YAH, Dad screams from the top row.
I'm the only kid on the team who can do that.”
onomatopoeia
ZOOM, ZOOM, and BOO YAH
What of figurative language is this.
“I'd treat it like gold and then mine it.”
Simile
What is the meaning of?
“A simple basketball move in which a player dribbles the ball quickly from one hand to the other.”
Crossover
What is the tone?
“Filthy McNasty
is a MYTHical MANchild
Of rather dubious distinction
Always AGITATING
COMBINATING
and ELEVATING his game
He
dribbles fakes
then
takes
the ROCK to the glass, fast, and on BLAST But watch out when he shoots or you'll get SCHOOLed
FOOLed
UNCOOLed
'Cause when FILTHY gets hot
He has a SLAMMERIFIC SHOT
It's
Dunkalicious CLASSY
Supersonic SASSY and
D
O
W
N right
in your face
mcNASTY”
Estatic and jazzed
Where is the rhymes?
The Show
“A quick shoulder SHAKE, a slick eye FAKE —
Number 28 is
way past late.
He's reading me like a
BOOK
but turn the page
and watch him look,
which can only mean I got him
SHOOK.
His feet are the bank and I'm the crook.
Breaking,
Braking,
taking him to the left— now he's took.”
A: shake and fake
B: book, look, shook, crook, and took.
C: breaking and braking
What is the sound device?
Man to Man
“In the driveway, I'm
SHAKING AND BAKING.
You don't want none of this, I say.
I'm about to TAKE IT TO THE HOLE.
Keep your eye on the ball.
I'd hate to see you
F
A
L
L
You shoulda gone with your GIRLFRIEND to the mall.”
Onomatopoeia or rhymes
A: shaking and baking
B: ball, fall, and mall
What type of figurative language is this?
“But I know she's only talking about my game.
See, when I play ball, I'm on fire.
When I shoot, I inspire.
The hoop's for sale, and I'm the buyer.”
Idiom
What is the meaning of?
“Having great physical beauty and appeal”
Pulchritunous
What is the tone?
”The game is tied
when JB's soft jumper sails
tick
through the air.
tock
The crowd stills, tick
mouths drop, tock
and when his last-second shot
tick
hits net,
tock
the clock stops.
The gym explodes.
Its hard bleachers empty
and my head aches.”
Anxious and aching
Find the rhyme.
”Cause when FILTHY gets hot
He has a SLAMMERIFIC SHOT
It's
Dunkalicious CLASSY
Supersonic SASSY and
D
O
W
N
right
in your face
mcNASTY”
A: hot and shot
B: Classy, sassy, and mcnasty
Where is the sound device?
“S
L
I
P
P
l
N
G on the floor, while 1
SWOOP in
to the finish with a fierce finger roll ...”
Alliteration
floor finish, fierce and finger
What type of figurative language is this?
“Basketball Rule #1
In this game of life your family is the court and the ball is your heart.
No matter how good you are, no matter how down you get, always leave your heart on the court.”
Metaphor
What is the meaning of?
“The condition
that arises when the muscle that connects the kneecap
to the shin bone becomes irritated due to overuse, especially from jumping activities.”
Patellar tendinitis
What is the tone?
”In the locker room
after the game,
JB cackles like a crow.
He walks up to me grinning,
holds his hand out so I can see
the red scissors from Coach's desk smiling at me, their steel blades sharp and ready.
I love this game like the winter loves snow even though I spent the final quarter in foul trouble on the bench.
JB was on fire and we won and I lost the bet.”
Disappointed
Find the rhymes.
Mom says,
Your dad's old school, like an ol' Chevette.
You're fresh and new, like a red Corvette.
Your game so sweet, its a crêpes suzette.
Each time you play
it's ALLLLLLLLLLLLLLL net.
O’l chevette
corvette
suzette
net
What is the sound device?
“In the locker room
after the game,
JB cackles like a crow.
He walks up to me grinning,
holds his hand out so I can see
the red scissors from Coach's desk smiling at me, their steel blades sharp and ready.”
enjambment
What type of figurative language is this?
“I’d need my own wings to fly”
Idiom
What is the meaning of?
“An unexpected, undesirable event;
often physically”
Calamity
What is the tone?
“The Show
A quick shoulder SHAKE, a slick eye FAKE —
Number 28 is
way past late.
He's reading me like a
BOOK
but turn the page
and watch him look,
which can only mean I got him
SHOOK.
His feet are the bank and I'm the crook.
Breaking,
Braking,
taking him to the left— now he's took.
Number 14 joins in ...
Now he's on the
H
O
O
K
I got TWO in my kitchen and I'm fixing to COOK.
Preppin' my meal, ready for glass ...
Nobody's expecting Filthy to pas s
I see Vondie under the hoop so I serve him up my Alley-OOP.”
anticipation and the readeris bragging
Find the rhymes.
“
is a MYTHical MANchild Of rather dubious distinction
Always AGITATING
COMBINATING
and ELEVATING
He
dribbles fakes
then
takes
the ROCK to the glass, fast, and on BLAST But watch out when he shoots or you'll get SCHOOLed
FOOLed
his game
UNCOOLed”
A: fakes and takes
B: fast glass and blast
C: Schooled, fooled and uncooled
What sound device is this?
“Josh Bell
is my name.
But Filthy MeNary is my claim to fame.
Folks call me that
'cause my game's acclaimed,
so downright dirty, i'll put you to shame.
My hair is long, my heighe's tall.
See, I'm the nest Kevin Durant, LeBron, and Chris Paul.l
This is allusion.