Do Now: How are these two texts different? “Gave you all I had And you tossed it in the trash You tossed it in the trash, you did To give me all your love Is all I ever asked Cause what you don't understand is…” “I really liked you, but you decided to break things off. I really wanted you to love me.”

Literary Devices

Allusion When a writer or speaker refers to something from history or literature and expects her audience to understand to what she is referring.

“He was a real Romeo with the ladies.” (Romeo and Juliet) “Chocolate is my Achilles heel.” (greek mythological hero) “You can be my Destiny's Child on the scene girl So don't stress, don't cry, we don't need no wings to fly Just take my hand”

Connotation the emotional and imaginative association surrounding a word. Can be positive or negative.

Justice vs. revenge Lazy vs. easy-going Cheap vs. smart with their money Ugly vs. less attractive

Imagery Words and phrases that describe something in a way that creates pictures, or images, that appeal to the reader's senses. Most images tend to be visual, though many writers will also use words that suggest the way things sound, smell, taste, or feel to the touch. Metaphors and Similes.

”There was no sound in the night as Rainsford sat there but the muffled throb of the engine that drove the yacht swiftly through the darkness, and the swish and ripple of the wash of the propeller. Her hair was as soft as silk.” The house was as hot as an oven. She smelled like fresh spring flowers. This coffee tastes like caramel brownies!

Metaphor Comparison of two similar things that does NOT use “like” or “as”.

“The lights of the yacht became faint and ever-vanishing fireflies “The lights of the yacht became faint and ever-vanishing fireflies.” (the lights disappeared) “The typical teenage boy’s room is a disaster area.” (it is messy) “The test was a walk in the park.” (it is easy) “She cut him down with her words.”

Simile A comparison, usually using "like" or "as", of two essentially dissimilar things.

“He lifted the knocker, and it creaked up stiffly, as if it had never before been used.” “She is as cute as a kitten.” “Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you are going to get.” “She eats like a pig.”

Sitting with your group, look over your reading from F451 Sitting with your group, look over your reading from F451. Pick out as many examples of the literary devices we have covered as you can. You have 6 minutes. Be prepared to share these examples.

“You've been locked up here for years with a regular damned Tower of Babel.” “Captain Beatty, keeping his dignity, backed slowly through the front door, his pink face burnt and shiny from a thousand fires and night excitements.” “The fumes of kerosene bloomed up about her.” “Well, I'd say it really got started around about a thing called the Civil War.” “With the brass nozzle in his fists, with this great python spitting its venomous kerosene upon the world…”

“He saw himself in her eyes, suspended in two shining drops of bright water, himself dark and tiny, in fine detail, the lines about his mouth, everything there, as if her eyes were two miraculous bits of violet amber that might capture and hold him intact.” “He wore his happiness like a mask…”

Number your paper #1-8. Turn in your paper as an Exit ticket.

Practice: “I’m as hungry as a hippo.” “Those kids were acting like a pack of wild animals!” “She’s as big as a house.” “What? Do you think I can walk on water?” “He has herculean strength.” (Like Hercules) “He is a prodigal son.” “He’s no Justin Beiber.” Which is more positive? “He is mentally ill.” vs. “He is such a psycho.”