LITERARY TERMS - PART I
It compares two items and uses "like" or "as."
What is a SIMILE ?
It is the reason the song or story or poem were written. It is what the singer or writer wnt you to understand after reading their work.
What is a THEME ?
It is a word that may describe the height of the buildings in New York City.
What is " HIGH - RISE ?"
HE + IS = this contraction.
What is " he's ?"
It is an idiom describing very heavy and down-pouring rain.
What is, " it is raining cats and dogs!"
It is the literary device that describes how you feel when you read the story or poem or listen to the song.
What is " MOOD ?"
You see the same words or phrases again and again.
What is "REPETITION ?"
It is the top part of your face - above your eyes and eyebrows.
What is your " FOREHEAD ?"
They + will = this contraction
What is " they'll ."
Someone said to you, " If you did not make the volleyball team this year, just " keep your chin up" and try again next year. What did they mean for you to do?
CONTINUE TO HAVE HOPE. DO NOT GIVE UP!
"When you are around, I sometimes am a clown,
but when you are away, I just have to say,
' I miss you so please come back today. "
This is an example of what literary device?
RHYME or RHYTHM of METAPHOR
It compares two items, but does NOT use "like" or "as."
What is a METAPHOR ?
It is metal that is wrapped around a fence to prevent entrance or exit of people or animals.
What is " barbed wire ?"
It is the combination of "could" and "not."
What is " couldn't ?"
When people say you are "skating on thin ice," is this good or bad ?
Bad - "skating on thin ice" means "you are at risk; you are really pushing the wrong buttons; you are in a risky situation."
" He has to be at least ten feet tall! " is an example of this literary device because it is an exaggeration.
What is HYPERBOLE ?
It is the literary device that gives qualities of a human being to objects or animals that are not human.
What is " personification" ?
It means riding a horse or other animal without a saddle.
What is "BAREBACK?"
We + would = this contraction.
What is " we'd ?"
If you "ran across" your friends from Kindergarten when you were at the soccer field, did you hurt them?
NO - to "run across" something means that you "met someone or many people by chance and it was not planned."
It is the use of a word that makes a "sound" just by using the word - for example, "bang," "oink," "Moo," "chomp"
What is " onomatopoeia."
It is the repetition of the beginning consonant using many different words. Examples: " How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood? "
What is " alliteration ?"
It is a little "store" that you can find on a corner in a big city where you can buy books, magazines, candy, snacks.
It is the contraction for " I would."
What is " I'D."
It means you are able to play something - like an instrument - by hearing it only one time.
What is "PLAYING IT BY EAR?"