Figurative Language 1
“What’s that got to do with women’s rights or negroes’ rights? If my cup won’t hold but a pint, and yours holds a quart, wouldn’t you be mean not to let me have my little half measure full?”—Sojourner Truth, “Ain’t I a Woman?”
What is a metaphor?
"There was a feller here once by the name of Jim Greeley, in the winter of ’49 – or maybe it was the spring of ’50 – I don’t recollect exactly, some how, though what makes me think it was one or the other..." - Mark Twain
What is colloquialism?
Before she was halfway home, however, she had changed her mind. The thought of Tom’s treatment of her when she was talking about her picnic came scorching back and filled her with shame. She resolved to let him get whipped on the damaged spelling book’s account, and to hate him forever, into the bargain.
Sets the reader up to know what your essay is about; contains three supporting arguments to make your point
What is a thesis statement?
forsake synonym
a. introduce
b. hurt
c. cherish
d. abandon
What is "abandon?"
"The Soul selects her own Society-
Then - shuts the Door -" - Emily Dickinson
What is alliteration?
(Will also accept personification)
"Tlot tlot, tlot tlot! Had they heard it? The horse-hooves, ringing clear;
Tlot tlot, tlot tlot, in the distance! Were they deaf that they did not hear?” -Alfred Noyes
What is onomatopoeia?
“My whole life has been one prolonged hunt.”
the first sentence in a body paragraph, sets the reader up for what the body paragraph will argue
What is a topic sentence?
sheepish antonym
a. shy
b. bold
c. meek
d. vague
What is "bold?"
Atticus Finch (To Kill a Mockingbird) says, "You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view..."
What is indirect characterization?
“You are a manipulator.”
“I like to think of myself more as an outcome engineer.”
- JR Ward
What is a euphemism?
"What do you mean?" he said. "Do you wish me a good morning, or mean that it is a good morning whether I want it or not; or that you feel good this morning; or that it is a morning to be good on?"
Who is Gandalf?
What do you think is the error in this sentence, if it were included in an essay?
What is the word "you?"
one who is against war
What is a pacifist?
"It was a rimy morning, and very damp. I had seen the damp lying on the outside of my little window … Now, I saw the damp lying on the bare hedges and spare grass …" - Charles Dickens
What is imagery?
“There were frowzy fields, and cow-houses, and dunghills, and dustheaps, and ditches, and gardens, and summer-houses, and carpet-beating grounds, at the very door of the Railway.” - Charles Dickens
What is polysyndeton?
“That’s so—that murderin’ half-breed! I’d druther they was devils a dern sight. What kin they be up to?”
Who is Injun Joe?
Name two things that should NOT be included in your essay.
What are first/second person pronouns, contractions, opinions, etc.? (answers may vary)
wise; a very wise person
What is (a) sage?
"We’ll have no Cupid hoodwinked with a scarf." - Romeo and Juliet
What is an allusion?
"Lord, if this little old plant don’t get more sun than it’s been getting it ain’t never going to see spring again." - A Raisin in the Sun
(Hint: It's not a metaphor)
What is symbolism?
“Grandpa, this year the principal said the scholarship jacket is not going to be free. It’s going to cost fifteen dollars, and I have to take the money in tomorrow, otherwise it’ll be given to someone else.”
Who is Martha?
includes context from the story, speaker name, action word
What is a quote introduction?
After six months of training, the coach _____ her ready to run a marathon.
a. deemed
b. discredited
c. acquitted
d. scanned
What is "deemed?"