NWEA Vocabulary for Reading: Literature RIT Band Focus on poetic/figurative vocabulary: Assonance, Consonance, Idiom, Imagery, Onomatopoeia, Pun, Symbolism 3 slides for each word- the word, the definition, and an example(s) Can use as a presentation and or print to use for review games.
ASSONANCE
The repetition of vowel sounds to create internal rhyme
the silken sad unc er tain rustling of each p ur ple c ur tain- Edgar Allen Poe “The Raven” Some kids who played games about N a rn ia got gradually b a lm ie r and b a lm ie r - C.S. Lewis The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
CONSONANCE
repetition of the same consonant two or more times in short succession
And the s ilken s ad un c ertain ru s tling of each purple curtain. – Edgar Allen Poe “The Raven”
IDIOM
A common expression that has a figurative meaning
She is pulling my leg. You’re the apple of my eye.
IMAGERY
Vivid descriptive language that appeals to one or more of the senses (sight, hearing, touch, smell, and taste).
"Her face was the color of a dirty pillowcase, and the corners of her mouth glistened with wet, which inched like a glacier down the deep grooves enclosing her chin. Old-age liver spots dotted her cheeks, and her pale eyes had black pinpoint pupils. Her hands were knobby, and the cuticles were grown up over her fingernails." – Harper Lee To Kill a Mockingbird
ONOMATOPOEIA
A word that imitates the sound of its source
QUACK BUZZ BANG SMACK
PUN
A form of word play which suggests two or more meanings
To write with a broken pencil is pointless. I used to hate math but then I realized decimals have a point.
SYMBOLISM
Using an object, action, or idea to represent something other than itself
Heart = love Blue= calm/peace Corvairs= Social’s wealth