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| A figure of speech is a ??? use of language. |
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| A comparison using the words like, as, or than |
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| A comparison where one thing is called by another name |
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| Using words which sound like the thing they describe |
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| An overexaggeration so big that no one would believe it. |
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| Giving a non human thing human qualities. |
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| FS?: Martha is the apple of my eye. |
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| metaphor
"Martha" is being called an "apple." |
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| FS?: Ed is as stubborn as a mule. |
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| simile
"Ed" compared to a "mule" using "as" to make the comparison. |
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| FS?: It is so hot I'm going to burst into flames. |
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| hyperbole
You cannot "burst into flames" just because you are hot. |
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| FS?: Bang the drum slowly. |
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| onomatopoeia
"Bang" is the sound of the drum. |
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| FS?: Bessie would only go about 50 mph when I tramped on the gas pedal. |
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| personification
My car is named "Bessie." |
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| ??? is using a creative definition for a word |
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| connotation
Remember the "c" stands for "creative."
Also might be a "figure of speech." |
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| ??? is the dictionary definition of a word |
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| denotation
Remember the "d" is for "dictionary." |
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| The speaker in a poem is called the ??? |
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| persona
The "person" who is speaking. |
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| The meaning of poem is called its ??? |
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| theme
This is the same term that is used for the lesson, idea, or moral of a story. |
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| Emily ??? wrote about a narrow fellow in the grass. |
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| Robert Frost thought that a poem 'begins in ??? and ends in ???.' |
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| ??? thought that poems should be about the best and happiest times. |
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| Robert Frost thought that a poem should give the reader a fresh ??? and a fresh ???. |
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| fresh look and fresh listen |
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FS?:
From the crowd there went up a roar
Like the beating of waves on the shore. |
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| simile
The "roar" was "like" a "beating wave" |
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| FS?: She washed the memory from her thoughts. |
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| metaphor
Compares her "forgetting" to "washing" the memory by called "forgetting" "washing." |
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What sound device?:
Maggie, Mille, Molly, and May
Went down to the beach to play one day. |
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alliteration -- the repetition of the "m" sound
end rhyme -- "May" and "day"
internal rhyme -- "play" and "day" and even "May" |
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| FS?: I have a million assignments to do for homework. |
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hyperbole
A "million" is way too much homework. |
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| FS?: The clang of the alarm awoke me. |
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| onomatopoeia
"clang" is the sound of the alarm. |
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| FS?: The sun was eaten by the storm clouds. |
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personification
The "sun" does not "eat." Humans "eat." |
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| What kind of meaning is being used if you are speaking literally? (Using "literal" language). |
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| the dictionary definition of the words
Speaking "literally" is saying exactly what you mean without any creativity.
denotation -- dictionary defintion -- literal language |
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| What kind of meaning is being used if you are speaking figuratively? (Using figurative language). |
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| creative meaning
When you speak "figuratively" you are using language creatively by using figures of speech.
connotation -- creative language -- figures of speech -- figurative language |
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