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Correct / Incorrect: The duckling wanted its mother.
Correct!
Giving human characteristics to something non-human.
Personification
Name one of Lewis Carroll's literary contributions
The Jabberwocky
Alice in Wonderland
What are the verbs in this sentence?
"I jumped and ran to the door."
Jumped
Ran
"The Bees Envy Me"... is an example of
Personification
Which sentence uses "whose" correctly?
A) Whose still eating?
B) Whose car is parked in the driveway?
B) Whose car is parked in the driveway?
Provide a definition of an alliteration
Alliteration is when nearby words start with the same sound.
True / False: Limericks are from Ireland.
True!
What are the adjectives in this sentence?
"The big black spider bit me on my little finger."
big black little
"Life is a highway" is an example of....
"Life is a highway" is a metaphor
Which one is incorrect?
A) The kids played with there toys in the yard.
B) Their going to the movies tonight.
C) They're going to the movies tonight.
B) Their going to the movies tonight.
Literal word meaning that you might find in the dictionary (without emotions).
Denotation
Fill in the blank: Sarah Sylvia Stout would not take the ____ out. Who wrote this poem?
Garbage
Shel Silverstein
What are the nouns in the sentence?
"The dog is wagging its tail"
dog, tail
"Green School, the bamboo cathedral"
Personification of Metaphor?
Metaphor
To / Too / Two
1) I want to go to the party ___.
2) He ate ___ slices of cake.
3) She is going ___ the mall.
1) too
2) two
3) to
When you're talking about the emotions & ideas connected to a word beyond its literal meaning.
Connotation
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one _____ _______ ____,
And that has made all the difference.
less traveled by,
Verb = Adjectives = Nouns =
"In the enchanted forest, the brave knight fought against the ferocious dragon."
Verb: "fought"
Adjective: "brave" and "ferocious
Noun: "knight" and "dragon"
"I don't need no money, fortune, or fame
I've got all the riches baby one man can claim"
This lyrics combines two figurative language terms
Hyperbolic Metaphor
Fix my mistakes: "There cat, whose name is Fluffy, is chasing it's tail in the garden."
Fix my mistakes: "Their cat, whose name is Fluffy, is chasing its tail in the garden."
Provide a definition and example of an extended metaphor
An extended metaphor a long comparison between two things that keeps going through the whole song / poem. An example is Robert Frost's "The Road Less Traveled"
Robert Frost once said "I have never started a poem yet whose end I knew. Writing a poem is ________."
discovering."
"In the realm of imagination, creativity dances and paints vibrant dreams."
Verbs = Adjectives = Nouns =
Verbs: dances, paints
Adjectives: vibrant
Nouns: realm, imagination, creativity, dreams
Can you identify an example of personification in the Green School song?
"What we learn from this island we are passing along"