Figurative Language (Easy)
Identify the figurative language:
"Because it was grassy and wanted wear" (Frost 8)
What is Personification?
One sentence, needs to be supported by a piece of relevant evidence and an explanation. Example,
"In The Outsiders, S.E. Hinton uses irony to express Ponyboy’s identity"
What is a claim?
Street stupid, school smart. May or may not have set an entire church on fire by smoking cigarettes in it.
Who is Ponyboy Curtis?
does Ms. Delaney like turtles?
What is Yes
Identify the Figurative Language:
"I am frozen to my seat" (Cofer, 14)
What is a Hyperbole?
Identify the Figurative Language:
"Then Abuela points her finger at me like a judge passing a sentence on a criminal"
What is a Simile?
From the text, used to support claims. Needs to be explained, though.
What is relevant evidence?
fragile, old, definitely has at least seven rosaries
Who is Abuela?
how many baby yodas are in Ms. Delaney's room
What is four
Identify the Figurative Language:
"The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost
What is an Extended Metaphor?
"I'm Nobody! Who are you?" (Dickinson, 1)
What is a Metaphor?
Descriptive language used to enhance a text for connection to the audience--speeches use it a lot. Truthfully, it's just a new way to manipulate the masses if you do it right.
What is figurative language?
Indecisive, yet #noragrets
Who is the speaker of "The Road Not Taken"?
(6th Period) 13 pennies, specifically
(8th Period) Everyone's favorite art teacher
The bet to place in order to beat Asher in Poker
Mr. Wilson
Identify the Figurative Language:
"And even as the policemen's guns spit fire into the night..." (Hinton, 154)
What is "Personification"?
Identify the Figurative Language:
"Johnny was scared of his own shadow after that" (Hinton, 4)
What is a Hyperbole?
An idea that a text perpetuates--in The Outsiders, it might be "brotherhood", "you are your choices", or even the idea of "finding a found family"
What is a theme?
Nobody
Who is Emily Dickinson?
(and thirteen characters in Ms. Delaney's second favorite videogame)
Definitely not winning the Super Bowl this year (but if they do, can't nobody tell Ms. Delaney nothin)
Who are the Baltimore Ravens?
Identify the Figurative Language:
"In leaves no step had trodden black" (Frost, 12)
What is Imagery?
Identify the Figurative Language:
"To an admiring bog!" (Dickinson, 8)
What is a Metaphor?
One sentence; an opinion, stated like a fact. Example:
"In The Outsiders, S.E. Hinton uses irony to express Ponyboy’s identity, and in “I’m Nobody, Who Are You?”, Dickinson uses metaphor to express the Speaker’s identity"
What is a thesis statement?
Tougher than a bowl of nails for breakfast (without any milk)
Who is Dally Winston?
Ms. Delaney's birthday????? This year, anyway.
Oh, it's her favorite day of the week. The only day she's a teacher, and not anything else.
What is a Tuesday?
Identify the Figurative Language:
"We were careful with our cigarettes--if that old church ever caught fire, there'd be no stopping it" (Hinton 79)
What is Foreshadowing?