FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
A comparison using “like” or “as.
What is a simile?
What strategy or acronym do you use when analyzing a poem?
What is a TPCASTT
The main message of a story or poem
What is theme?
Notes in parentheses telling actors how to move.
What are stage directions?
A sentence with 1 independent clause.
What is a simple sentence or independent clause?
A direct comparison between two unlike things
What is a metaphor?
The attitude of the speaker
What is tone?
The time and place of a story
What is setting?
A long speech by a character to other characters.
What is a monologue?
IC + FANBOYS + IC.
What is a compound sentence?
Giving human traits to non-human things.
What is personification?
"Weight"
I carried stones inside my chest, each one a name, a fear, a doubt. But morning came with softer light, and one by one, the stones fell out.
I learned the weight was never mine, just shadows I refused to see. And when I chose to let them go, I finally walked free.
What major shift happens in the poem “Weight”?
A shift from heavy/negative to light/hopeful.
The force or problem the protagonist struggles against
What is conflict?
What is the main character called?
What is a Protagonist?
DC + IC or IC + DC
What is a complex sentence?
"My fear was a locked door." What device is used?
What is a metaphor?
What sensory device helps create mood?
What is imagery?
How the author reveals personality traits.
What is characterization?
A police station gets robbed. What irony?
Situational irony.
Fix this run-on: “I was tired I stayed awake.”
Use a period, semicolon, or FANBOYS.
Identify the figurative language: “I carried stones inside my chest.
a metaphor representing emotional burdens?
What is the theme of the poem “Weight”?
Letting go of emotional burdens leads to freedom and healing.
Identify the point of view that uses “he/she/they.”
What is third-person point of view?
Juliet is alive, but Romeo thinks she is dead.
Dramatic irony.
Identify the sentence type: “Although he practiced daily, he still felt nervous.”
Complex.