1. Figurative Language/ Literary Devices

2. 1. Examine the following:  It's been a hard day's night, and I've been working like a dog. - The Beatles  My heart is like an open highway. - Jon Bon Jovi  like two peas in a pod  like Christmas in summer  snow was like a blanket  my love is like a red, red rose  deer ran like the wind  YOUR TURN: What do they have in common?

3. 2. More Examples….  as hungry as a bear  as nutty as a fruitcake  as quick as lightning  as slippery as an eel  as solid as a rock  as stubborn as a mule  as sturdy as an oak  YouR TURN: What do these all have in common? More Examples….

4. 3. Definition  Write a definition that applies to the previous examples:  NAME these examples.

5. 4. Examine the following:  Patty was a raging tiger when she lost her lunch money.  During the night the forest was a dark, frightening battlefield.  A heart of stone  He has the heart of a lion.  You are the sun in my sky.  You are the light in my life.  She is my East and my West, my compass.  YOUR TURN: What do these have in common?

6. 5. Definition  Write a definition that applies to the previous examples:  NAME these examples

7. Official Definition: A simile is a comparison between two unlike things that have something in common. A simile always uses the words like or as to make a comparison.

8. Edit your definition for #3 if necessary.  BEST definition:

9. Official Definition: A metaphor is a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that have something in common. The comparison is made without the use of like or as.

10. Edit your definition for #3 if necessary.  BEST definition:

11. Categorize:  Decide if EACH of the following examples fit the definition of a simile OR metaphor OR neither:  6. Her face was the color of a dirty pillowcase.  7. His voice was like the winter wind.  8. I inched sluggishly along the treadmill of the Maycomb County school system  9. The autumn days became cool and quiet.  10. In spite of our warnings and explanations it drew him as the moon draws water…

12.  TENOR – Subject of the Comparison  VEHICLE – What it is being compared TO

13. VOICE  something that makes your writing sound uniquely like you  the essential, individual thoughts and expression that characterize a speaker

14. Describe the “voice”-

15. Same words – different voice “Don’t play what’s there; play what’s not there.” - Miles Davis “The notes I handle no better than many pianists. But the pauses between the notes— ah, that is where the art resides.” - Artur Schnabel (1882–1951), German-born U.S. pianist. These two musicians expressed the same thought in their own unique voices

16. EXAMPLES of voice in -  TKAM  The moral voice of To Kill a Mockingbird is embodied by Atticus Finch  Scouts voice is innocent and unassuming – the book is mainly written in the voice of the child because she is the narrator.  Hanged  Factual, informative, attempt at humor  The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time  Christopher has social issues, “… took it out when I didn’t understand what someone was saying.” PG3  “What in fucks name have you done to my dog.”PG31this woman is very vulgar and bad mouthed.

17. ALLITERATION:  Repetition of initial sounds  CONSONANCE: The repetition of initial consonant sounds  ASSONANCE : repetition of initial vowel sounds

18. REPETITION  Repeating words or phrases within a line or text in order to emphasize their significance.

19. SATIRE  literary work designed to demonstrate the negative aspects of human folly through the use of mockery (sarcasm and imitation) and derision (scorn, ridicule)

20. Irony  Occurs when a statement or situation has an opposite meaning or an oddly appropriate twist.  “It is easy to stop smoking. I’ve done it many times.  A deep sea diver drowning in a bathtub is ironic  My house caught on fire because of my stress relief candles.

21. Personification  A type of figurative language in which a nonhuman subject is given human characteristics.  The wind cried in the dark.  “…computers can have conversations with people about the weather and wine and what Italy is like and they can even tell jokes” (p. 116).  More examples?

22. Allusion  a brief reference to a commonly known historical or literary figure or work  Example: pg. 52, pg. 69-70  She has a Mona Lisa smile  He is a real honest Abe

23. Oxymoron  Combined words that contradict each other  Jumbo shrimp  Baggy tights  Butthead  Dry creek  Pretty ugly  Definitely maybe  Little Big Town  Front end  Giant dwarf

24. Pun  A play on words that are the same or sound the same, but have very different meanings  From The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, p. 167: And the first man said, “Perhaps we should feed him some nuts.” And the second man said, “You’re the one who’s bloody nuts.”

25. Onomatopeia  Using a word whose sound suggests its meaning or the sound of the action  Words or phrases that sound like what they mean  BOOM  Quack, Oink  POW  Whisper, slither, SWOOSH, buzzzzzz  OUCH! Sizzle. mOOOO ?