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What do I mean?
What do I mean?
The restaurant was absolutely decorous so I bought a new suit and learned not to put my elbows on the table, not to slurp my soup, and which fork to use for what food. Decorous means...
what is Having good manners, dressy, upscale, fancy
A type of irony where what a character says is the opposite of what he or she really means
Verbal Irony
I was so hungry I could eat a horse.
What is I was really, really hungry
Best Buy, Coca-Cola, and Bed, Bath, and Beyond are examples of what?
Alliteration
I am dying of embarrassment.
hyperbole
The student strives to get an A on the test because he will get paid 20.00. Strives means...
What is Try/Tries
A type of irony where the readers or audience know what's going to happen, but the characters in the story do not
Dramatic Irony
The noise of the chainsaw cutting down his neighbor's ugly old tree was music to his ears. Explain the meaning of this metpahor.
knowing his neighbor's tree was being cut down made him happy. He loved the sound of the chainsaw doing it.
This place is like a Garden of Eden. What book is being referenced in this allusion?
Wake up and smell the coffee! It's raining cats and dogs. The early bird catches the worm.
idiom
Ronald hated the detention room because it was absolutely devoid of warmth and cheer. The walls were gray and no one ever smiled. Devoid means....
what is empty of, lacking, without
A type of irony in which an event turns out to be very different from what you would expect.
Situational Irony
He swam in a sea of diamonds, enchanted by the way the sun hit the waves as he got farther and farther from the beach.
Explain the metaphor
What is the ocean was spakling like diamonds when the sun was shining on the waves.
The daffodils danced in the breeze, their heads bowing in the wind.
Personification
Her cheeks are red as roses, said Grandma as she pulled her inside and led her to the fire place. The figurative language is a ________________ and the meaning is
Simile her cheeks are cold and red like a rose.
Even though Ms. Witherspoon knew the bill collector had won, she was still shocked that the arragont man was brazen enough to rest his feet on the antique grand piano, with his shoes on of all things, while she ran to get her checkbook. Brazen means....
What is bold, having no shame, shameless
My Daddy's belt was like a snake, curled around his waist but always ready to strike if angered.
Explain the simile
The belt wrapped around his dad like a snake but he would use it to spank his son if he got mad.
The assignment was a breeze is a ________________ and these two things are being compared.
Metaphor Assignment and breeze are being compared.
I awoke to the smell of sweet brown sugar, chocolate, and cinnamon. Nothing could beat abuelita's homemade hot chocolate.
imagery- appeals to your sense of smell
You must not be indiscriminate when you are shopping for shoes. Carefully consider which shoes will be best for you before making your purchase. Indisciminate means....
What is randomly, without care, or thought
The pigeons fountained into the air-
Explain the metaphor
What is the birds shot into the air like water from a fountain, straight up
The fire swallowed the entire forest.
personification
“Water, water, everywhere, And all the boards did shrink; Water, water, everywhere, Nor any drop to drink.” Name both the figurative language AND the type of irony.
alliteration "Water, Water" "drop to drink"
Situational Irony. They're on a boat, but there isn't any water to drink.