Imagery
What is imagery?
Words that appeal to the five senses.
Words that paint a picture in the readers head.
What is personification?
Giving human characteristics to nonhuman things
What is a simile?
a comparison using like or as
What is theme?
an idea or lesson present throughout a book
What is symbolism?
something that represents something else
What are the five senses?
sight, smell, taste, touch, hearing
What is being personified?
The flowers danced to the wind.
The flowers
What is a metaphor?
a comparison not using like or as
Give an example of a theme.
Many correct answers
What does the color red symbolize?
Love
Passion
Anger
Which of the five senses does the example appeal to?
"The sweet scent of maple wafted through the room, causing Stephanie to stop what she was doing and sniff the air. The second waft of scent carried the underlying smoky scent of bacon; a scent only bacon straight off the grill could have."
Smell
What does this example of personification mean?
The story jumped off the page.
It was a good story. The story was life-like.
Simile or metaphor?
You are a breath of fresh air.
Metaphor
Give another example of theme.
What does the color blue symbolize?
Sadness
Calm
Which of the five senses does the example appeal to?
"The deep blue hues of twilight were reflected in the still water; the slight glint of moonlight peeked through the clouds just enough to make out the silhouette of a passing ship."
Sight
What does this example of personification mean?
The sun smiled down on us.
It was sunny.
What is being compared in the metaphor?
You are a breath of fresh air.
Person and fresh air
What is a possible theme for a movie about a girl experiencing high school?
Identity
Friendship
What does a growing garden symbolize?
New life/beginnings
Fertility
Which of the five senses does this example appeal to?
"The rooster crowed at early dawn, a sign that it was time to start the day. John woke up, listening to the quiet murmurs of his children in the kitchen below; the clang of pots and pans signaled that breakfast was almost ready."
Hearing
What is being personified?
Opportunity knocks at the door but once.
Opportunity
What does the metaphor mean?
You are a breath of fresh air.
You are a positive and unexpected presence.
What is a possible theme for a novel about a man who gets trapped in a cave?
Survival
What does rain symbolize?
Trouble
Sadness
Defeat