Define It
The attribution of human characteristics to something inanimate.
What is Personification?
"While I nodded, nearly, napping, suddenly there came a tapping" from The Raven by Poe, is an example of what type of figurative language.
What is Alliteration?
Give an example of a metaphor that is used to explain a feeling of nervous excitement.
An example of Personification that Miss Jones uses in daily life.
What is "my keys live on a particular hook"?
Explain how Max in How the Grinch Stole Christmas is an example of personification.
When he shrugs his shoulders to respond to a question from the Grinch and when he catches bags tossed down from the roof, ect.
These are human things that a dog is doing.
The occurrence of the same sound a the beginning of closely connected words. Also known as front rhyming.
What is Alliteration?
"...she tried to get rid of the kitten which had scrambled up her back and stuck like a burr just out of reach." from Little Women by Alcott is an example of what?
What is Simile?
Give an example of alliteration.
What is ...
"Edd edited... Collin's column... Redha wrote... Prue and Fred proofread... Fota's photos..." - Studio C Clip
"The three words that best describe you are as follows, and I quote: Stink! Stank! Stunk!" - How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Character names with Alliteration are a trope in what genera.
What is comic books?
What is a Metaphor about weight gain?
A way of using words to convey a meaning beyond the literal.
What is Figurative Language?
"Once there was a tree... and she loved a little boy." from The Giving Tree by Silverstein is an example of what.
What is Personification?
Give an example of Imagery.
What is...
"The sun glistened off the calm lake... the smell of fresh baked cookies filled the kitchen... the sound of rain drops pattered on the window"
An example of Simile in the beginning of the Train song Drops of Jupiter.
"She acts like summer and walks like rain / Reminds me that there's time to change, hey"
"She listens like spring and she talks like June, hey"
In Fantastic Mr Fox, the wolf raising his paw into the air is a Symbol of what.
What is solidarity and camaraderie?
These two forms of language compare one thing to another; the first using "like" or "as" and the later does not.
What are Simile and Metaphor?
"The frosted wedding cake of the ceiling..." from The Great Gatsby by Fitzgerald is an example of what.
What is Metaphor?
Give an example of a Simile.
What is...
"As busy as a bee... cool as a cucumber... dead as a doornail"
"Smooth like butter... sticky like syrup... bright like a diamond"
An example of imagery in the beginning of the Natasha Bedingfield song we listened to in class.
What is...
"I got a pocket, got a pocket full of sunshine"
"Sticks and stones are never gonna shake me"
What is a Christmas Tree and if it is more of a religious or cultural symbol and wether or not a Jewish person can have one?
These two forms of language often go together. The first appeals to the reader's senses. While the second will often use the first to represent something in a more thought provoking way than the literal meaning.
What are Imagery and Symbolism?
This quote from Lord of the Rings, is an example of what three forms of figurative language.
"He loved the mountain, or he had loved the thought of them marching on the edge of stories brought from far away; but now he was born down by the insupportable weight of Middle-earth. He longed to shut out the immensity in a quiet room by a fire."
What are Personification, Imagery, and Symbolism?
An example of symbolism that's common to Christmas season.
What is...
"The tree representing everlasting life... the stars representing the Star of Bethlehem... bells represent sharing happiness and celebration"
There are four reasons why Figurative Language is used.
What are to Express A Deeper Meaning, to Evoke Emotion, to Make Concepts Relatable, and to Express Ideas Clearly?
What is Symbolism?
The Raven is an example of the "light bearer" and the story is a cultural explanation of how the winter solstice came to be.