Literary Language Literary language: words that do not deviate from their defined meaning. Examples: ◦ - The podium is brown. ◦ -We drove to school this morning. ◦ - The family enjoyed living in the big red house.

Figurative Language Figurative language: words, and groups of words, that exaggerate or alter the usual meanings of the component words. Types: -Simile -Metaphor -Personification -Idiom -Hyperbole

Figurative Language Simile: A figure of speech in which two fundamentally unlike things are explicitly compared, usually in a phrase introduced by like or as (e.g., as brave as a lion, crazy like a fox, Life is like…) Metaphor: a figure of speech in which an implied comparison is made between two unlike things that actually have something important in common(e.g., The goalkeeper was a rock, The car was a speeding bullet)

Figurative Language Personification: a figure of speech when an object is giving human qualities. (e.g., Oreo: Milk’s favorite cookie, The wind whistled and groaned) Idiom: A set expression of two or more words that means something other than the literal meanings of its individual words. (e.g., I worked the graveyard shift last night, We will find the treasure if we play our cards right)

Figurative Language Hyperbole: A figure of speech where a statement is an obvious and intentional exaggeration. (e.g., I was so hungry, I could of ate a horse!; He ran like greased lightning.)

Poetry Terms Repetition: refers to the repeating of lines in poetry Example: “I looked upon the rotting sea, And drew my eyes away; I looked upon the rotting deck, And there the dead men lay.” -Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Coleridge

Poetry Terms Refrain: a phrase or verse recurring at intervals in a song or poem, especially at the end of each stanza Example: ml

Writing Assignment On a piece of notebook paper (not in your journal), describe the object you sketched during your warm up. MUST INCLUDE AN EXAMPLE OF 3 OUT OF THE 5 TYPES OF FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE WE DISCUSSED (Simile, Metaphor, Personification, Idiom, and Hyperbole) Can be any 3. Turn into your class’s tray on your way out.

Example of Refrain “It was not I that ate the pie” Bobby said that he would give me his right shoe For a piece of the sweet treat And I thought that it would be nice to have another shoe But no, It was not I that ate that pie Jimmy caught a sniff while sneaking through our yard He would give me a fistful of mice for just one slice I told him I needed a left shoe, But no, It was not I that ate that pie Then Mary walked by my door, I told her she could test the rest For the the smallest peck, But no, It was not I that ate that pie.