Real Life Examples
Rabbits running over roses and dressy daffodils are examples of what literary device?
What is alliteration?
The fair breeze blew, the white foam flew,
The furrow followed free;
We were the first that ever burst
Into that silent sea
What is this an example of?
What is Alliteration?
Define anaphora.
What is the poetic device when a certain word or phrase is repeated at the beginning of clauses or sentences that follow each other?
Bedroom door creaks open, he stumbles from slumber, “What time is it?” he mutters, feet dragging across carpet, knuckles rubbing bloodshot eyes I roll my eyes. The pantry door opens, scavenging begins again.
What is this an example of?
What is connotation?
What is the most famous example of anaphora?
What is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech?
Charles Dickens (A Tale of Two Cities), Winston Churchill's "We Shall Fight on the Beaches" speech, and Every Breath You Take by the police can also be accepted
Well, I saw fireworks from the freeway
and behind closed eyes I cannot make them go away
‘Cause you were born on the fourth of July, freedom ring
Well, something on the surface it stings
What is this an example of?
What is enjambment (in song form)
This device makes an indirect reference
What is allusion?
Give an example of apostrophe from the slides
Answers could be one of these three:
1. oh death! where is thy sting?
2. Wild nights - Wild nights!
Were I with thee
Wild nights should be
Our luxury!
Futile - the winds -
To a Heart in port -
Done with the Compass -
Done with the Chart!
Rowing in Eden -
Ah - the Sea!
Might I but moor - tonight -
In thee!
3. Death, be not proud, though some have called thee
Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so;
For those whom thou think’st thou dost overthrow
Die not, poor Death, nor yet canst thou kill me.
From rest and sleep, which but thy pictures be,
Much pleasure; then from thee much more must flow,
And soonest our best men with thee do go,
Rest of their bones, and soul’s delivery
How can enjambment be misused in poetry?
What is unnecessary line breaks which convolutes the poem, or emphasizes the wrong idea?
Where was the meme in the right corner of the Alliteration examples slide from?
What is The Incredibles ?
What connotation does Doerr give von Rumpel in All the Light We Cannot See? Why?
What is negative connotation? What is to establish him as a villain and indirectly describe the character?
What are the most common types of allusion?
What are Biblical, Mythological, (and historical)?
What is anaphora used for in poetry?
What are emphasis, memorability, and rhythm?
What are the three types of connotation? Give examples of each with explanations
What is positive, negative, and neutral?
Examples may vary
Give an example of misused allusion.
Answers may vary, but it should be an obscure, or incorrect reference to something else
What poetic device did Shakespeare use frequently in his writing?
What is allusion?
Why would a writer use alliteration? Explain how one of these reasons can be used with an example.
What are aesthetic, mood, and initial rhyme?
What is apostrophe used for?
What are highlighting the importance of an idea or object, personification (bring to life something that is not living), evoking emotions, and detachment from reality?
Hobbes: Why are you digging a hole?
Calvin: I am looking for buried treasure!
Hobbes: What have you found?
Calvin: A few dirty rocks, a weird root, and some disgusting grubs.
Hobbes: On your first try??
Calvin: There’s treasure everywhere!
How could you change this script to create a different meaning?
There are many options here:
1. change dirty, weird, and disgusting grubs to something with a positive connotation
2. change dirty, weird, and disgusting grubs to a neutral connotation
any other answers which change the meaning of the script through the connotation of the words can be accepted so long as it functions to change something
Where is the phrase "O death where is thy sting" from?
What is the Bible? (sorry in advance O_o)
Give an example of mythological allusion? Where is this the allusion from? How does your example change the meaning of the sentence?
Answers may vary. Here are some of mine:
She was a regular Icarus. This girl is ambitious and arrogant, she does not think of the consequences. From the story of Icarus
That teacher is a narcissist. From the story of Narcissus, this teacher is obsessed with himself.
Give examples of both alliteration and allusion in the same poem (which you can create), then, describe what they do in the context of the poem
Answers may vary
Alliteration should change the aesthetic, mood, or rhyme scheme. This poetic device should be used correctly
Allusion should be used in a way that students can understand, and it should be correct.
How does apostrophe change the meaning of this poem?
“Be that word our sign of parting, bird or fiend!” I shrieked, upstarting—
“Get thee back into the tempest and the Night’s Plutonian shore!
Leave no black plume as a token of that lie thy soul hath spoken!
Leave my loneliness unbroken!—quit the bust above my door!
Take thy beak from out my heart, and take thy form from off my door!”
Quoth the Raven “Nevermore.”
And the Raven, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting
On the pallid bust of Pallas just above my chamber door;
And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon’s that is dreaming,
And the lamp-light o’er him streaming throws his shadow on the floor;
And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor
Shall be lifted—nevermore!
The raven allows the reader to hear the poet's internal dialogue, it emphasizes the poets feelings of loneliness and isolation.
(taken primarily from literarydevices.net)
The man got out of bed. he turned to the foggy window. he saw white snow forming a layer on the ground. it seemed as if the world was engulfed in a pale haze. he put his hand out of the window and caught some snow. it was cold
Change this (amazing) poem to positive connotation with an emphasis on the snow through enjambment
Answers may vary
white can be changed, layer can be changed, engulfed can be changed, so can pale and haze, snow (when he is catching it) can be changed), cold can be changed
Give two of the examples from the slides, and tell us where they are from. If you do not know where the examples are from, give 4 examples from the slides.
For option 1 the examples must be from different literary devices, for option 2 only two examples can be from the same literary device.
Answers may vary, I'm not going to write all possible responses here.