Definitions 1
What is a simile?
Comparing something using "like" or "as"
What is metaphor?
Identify the figurative language below.
"I could not stop for Death, so Death stopped for me"Personification
Identify the figurative language below.
"She was a butterfly, constantly growing and changing more beautiful by the day"
Metaphor
Create your own example of simile AND metaphor.
Ex. She was like the sun (simile).
He was the night (metaphor).
What is tone?
The author's attitude towards a subject/topic
What is mood?
How the poet wants the readers to feel using different types of literary devices such as imagery
Identify the figurative language below.
"The joke was so funny that I nearly died laughing"
Hyperbole
Identify the figurative language below.
Sun = truth
Symbolism
Create your own example of personification
Ex. The chair yelled in protest as it scraped across the floor
What is personification?
When you give an inanimate object/concept humanlike qualities
What is imagery?
When the writer appeals to the five senses of the reader so they can imagine the scene vividly
Identify the literary device used below.
"There's been an undeniable truth
Since before we even existed
Nothing ever stays the same
Change cannot be resisted"
Rhyme (resisted, existed)
What is the tone of the following lines:
"Time will heal the wounds
Everything will be green again
The scars will soon fade away
And dry country will be blessed with rain"
Hopeful, Optimistic, Positive
Create your own example of alliteration (must be at least 5-7 word sentence)
Ex. Sally sold seashells by the seashore.
What is hyperbole?
What is symbolism?
When symbols or objects are used to represent another idea
Identify the two types of figurative language below.
"BOOM! Love was a like a ticking time bomb, ready to explode!"
Onomatopoeia AND Simile
Identify the two types of literary devices below.
"With the sun setting, soft sand squished, smell of sandwiches, and seagulls squawked above us".
Alliteration AND Imagery
CRUNCH! The leaves could wake up all the animals in the forest.
What is onomatopoeia?
When a word is spelled exactly how it sounds
What is alliteration?
When words started with the same sound
What are two characteristics of spoken word?
1) Using literary devices such as rhyme, repetition, tone
2) Has rhythm
3) Uses movement to emphasize the poem
4) Speaks about issues in community and controversial issues
Identify the four types of literary devices.
"The sky cried when you left
The sky cried when you committed theft
Of my heart - that you broke in two
Still I refuse to live without you
Repetition, Rhyme, Personification, Hyperbole
Create your own example of imagery describing the park on a sunny day (must appeal to ALL five senses)
Ex. Visual - green trees, twisty slides, children running
Hear - laughter, people talking loudly
Taste - sweet ice cream and salty sandwiches
Touch - rough, dry ice cream cone
Smell - smoke from the BBQs