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Do Now Give examples of: HyperboleMetaphorsPersonificationOnomatopoeiaSimiles

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Do Now Give examples of: HyperboleClichéPersonificationOnomatopoeiaIdioms

Figurative Language Idioms Personification Hyperbole Onomatopoeia Clichés Metaphor Simile Alliteration

Figurative Language A. Idioms 1. figurative phrase or expression 1. figurative phrase or expression 2. common understanding to a specific group of people 2. common understanding to a specific group of people B. Personification 1. giving human traits to inanimate objects C. Hyperbole 1. Extreme exaggeration not meant to be taken literally

Figurative Language D. Onomatopoeia 1. words that imitate the “sound” of the word being described E. Cliché 1. idea, term, or phrase that is overused 2. typically negative to be labeled as such

Figurative Language I.Metaphor A. Language that connects two unrelated items unrelated items 1. Figure of speech 1. Figure of speech 2. Does not use “like” or “as” 2. Does not use “like” or “as” B. Creates Equality 1. both objects made equal 1. both objects made equal C. Used in Literature 1. often in poetry 1. often in poetry

Metaphors Heart of Stone Heart of a Lion White daggers of a crocodile Apple of my eye Life is a highway Rug Rate Road Hog Couch Potato Famous Quotes All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players; They have their exits and their entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts… Jaques (Act II, Scene VII, lines )

Figurative Language II. Simile A. Figure of Speech A. Figure of Speech 1. Uses “Like” or “As” 1. Uses “Like” or “As” 2. Comparison of items or things 2. Comparison of items or things B. Mnemonic Device B. Mnemonic Device 1. “Similes are similar or alike” 1. “Similes are similar or alike” C. Similes are very expressive C. Similes are very expressive 1. add interest to writing 1. add interest to writing 2. poetic device 2. poetic device

Simile Swims like a fish Fights like a Lion Water is like the sun Stubborn as a goat Cuddly as a cactus

Simile Poem Hockey Hockey is like reading You get into it and then you never want to stop You feel like you're in a different world. Hockey is like school You have to do your work and you have to practice or you will get an "F" Hockey is like math You get stronger and before you know it You're getting an "A" Your scoring goals Now that's Hockey!

Poetry Terminology I. Stanza A. Division of a poem 1. Verses in the poem (paragraph) B. Grouping of Lines 1. contains rhyme and meter 2. Couplets, Tercets, Quatrain, Quintain II. Rhyme A. Repetition of Sounds 1. Used in poetry and songs B. Shakespeare 1. Ended many scenes with a rhyming couplet

Poetry Terminology III. Meter A. Measured arrangement of words in poetry 1. Accentual Rhythm, Syllables 2. Rhythmic Pattern – number of lines B. Arrangement of Words 1. Iambic Pentameter C. Similar to the beat of a song 1. different stresses on words

Poetry Terminology IV. Iambic Pentameter A. Describes a rhythm in poetry 1. measured in small syllables a. syllables are called “feet” B. “Iambic” 1. describes the “feet” used a. “long” and “short” sounds or stressed/unstressed C. “Pentameter” 1. Penta = five 2. each line has “five feet” D. Shakespearean Sonnets 1. Used Iambic Pentameter

Shakespearean Sonnets I. Sonnets A. “Little Song” 1. Collections of rhyming patterns 2. Specified meter B. Rhyming Pattern 1. ABAB CDCD EFEF GG 2. Last two lines Rhyming Couplet Lines, 10 Syllables per line a. unstressed-stressed pattern of words

Romeo and Juliet - Chorus Two households, both alike in dignity (In fair Verona, where we lay our scene), From ancient grudge break to new mutiny, Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean. 5 From forth the fatal loins of these two foes A pair of star-crossed lovers take their life, Whose misadventured piteous overthrows Doth with their death bury their parents' strife. The fearful passage of their death-marked love 10 And the continuance of their parents' rage, Which, but their children's end, naught could remove, Is now the two hours' traffic of our stage— The which, if you with patient ears attend, What here shall miss, our toil shall strive to mend.