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Figurative Language
Key Vocabulary
Power Writing
Name that Poet!
Misc.
100
Language that is based on some sort of comparison that is not literally true.
What is figurative language?
100
The voice that talks directly to the reader in a poem, not always the voice of the poet.
What is the speaker?
100
The sentence that states the main idea for a paragraph.
What is a Power One sentence?
100
"Life for me ain't been no crystal stair."
Who is Langston Hughes?
100
A comparison that attributes human qualities to a non-human thing or abstract idea.
What is personification?
200
A comparison between two unlike things that uses "like," "as," "more/less than," or "resembles."
What is a simile?
200
All of the association and emotions attached to a word.
What is connotation?
200
A minor detail.
What is a Power Three sentence?
200
"When I watch you/in your old man's shoes,"
Who is Lucille Clifton?
200
Bell work, being on time to class, having your book and binder.
What is 10% of your grade (commitment)?
300
A comparison between two unlike things that states that one thing really is the other.
What is a metaphor?
300
The deeper layer of meaning suggested by a works literal, or surface meaning.
What is symbolic meaning?
300
A word that tells the reader that the writing is about the change direction.
What is a red-alert signal?
300
"Good fences make good neighbors."
Who is Robert Frost?
300
Five chances.
How many attempts do you get to pass the AIMS test - all three sections?
400
A metaphor that suggests a comparison, rather than stating it directly.
What is an implied metaphor?
400
A metaphor that develops over several lines of a poem, or over the entire poem.
What is an extended metaphor?
400
Ask the reader an open-ended question.
What is the easiest way to write a "hook" or introduction?
400
"Let the night sky covers him as he dies,"
Who is Garrett Hongo?
400
The other class that Mr. S is teaching this year.
What is AP Psychology?
500
Figurative language that has been overused so much that it has become stale.
What is a cliche.
500
A work of literature that allows for opposing interpretations.
What is ambiguous?
500
A signal to the reader that a new paragraph is beginning.
What is indentation?
500
"Sorrow knocked at my door/but I was afraid."
Who is Edgar Lee Masters?
500
The attitude of the speaker or writer toward the subject of the poem or the audience.
What is tone?