1. Literary Terms Project
By: Amy Nguyen
Period 3

2. Objective: S.W.B.A.T. understand the meaning of these 5 literary terms:
Clause
Colloquial
Conceit
Connotation
Denotation

3. Clause, not Santa Clause
Independent clause- a subject + a verb.
Dependent clause- additional information joined together with an IC by a conjunction.
Examples:
Carmen walked to the bus stop.
His arms were crossed, and he looked impatient.
Sometime after the second dragon appeared, Tibby heard the battery die.
*Conjunctions: ,FANBOYS ;
; long conjunction,

4. So how does slang-I mean, colloquialism, work?
Colloquial is defined as the use of slang words or informal language in English composition.
Examples:
De mayor of uh town lak dis can’t lay round home too much.
There’s a party this Saturday at my crib.
We pulled an all-nighter to finish the AP US assignment.

5. What is a conceit?
Often found in poetry, a conceit is basically an extravagant comparison between 2 different objects.
Examples:
“Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?”-William Shakespeare
“There is no frigate like a book”-Emily Dickinson
Ethnic diversity is what unites our nation.

6. Connotation vs. Denotation
Words that associate with feelings to carry out an idea.
Examples:
Blue sky-infinity and beyond with clouds representing all the possibilities
Anchor-support/stability
Thirsting-anxious to capture prey
Generally the dictionary definition which tells exactly as it is.
Examples:
Blue sky-upper atmosphere of earth
Anchor-device that keeps a ship from floating away to sea
Thirsting-craving for water

7. Don’t Forget! Like grammar/spelling, sentence structure does matter!
American slang should be avoided at all times in essay writing unless you’re writing your own book.
Remember that conceit is just a metaphor, and nothing too complicated.
Denotation takes the emotion away, so connotation has to put the fun and feelings into a word.

8. Works Cited
Brashares, Ann. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. New York: Alloy Entertainment
Cisneros, Sandra. The House on Mango Street. New York: Vintage Books. 1984
“Glossary of Poetry Terms.” infoplease.com Pearson Education, Inc. 29 September 2011
Huston, Zora Neale. Their Eyes Were Watching God. New York: HarperCollins Publishers