1. Literary Terms #2

2. Alliteration: Repetition of an initial consonant sound
 Ex: "And the serpent said unto the woman, "Ye shall not surely die.'" - from Genesis 3:4  
Look carefully at the next 3 slides and identify what is odd about them.

6. Yes...all are ironic.
Irony: A striking discrepancy between what is expected and what actually exists or occurs.

7. Dramatic Irony: The audience or reader knows an important fact that the character does not know.

8. Verbal Irony- a figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant.

9. Imagery: Descriptive language that appeals to the senses in order to create specific effect
The many men, so beautiful!
And they all dead did lie:
And a thousand thousand slimy things
Lived on; and so did I.
Within the shadow of the ship
I watched their rich attire:
Blue, glossy green, and velvet black,
They coiled and swam; and every track
Was a flash of golden fire.
 - from Rime of the Ancient Mariner

10. Metaphor: Speaking of one thing in terms of another as to imply a connect between the two.
Our relationship is rock solid.
I would not change my mind even if you cried an ocean of tears.

11. Extended Metaphor: A metaphor that continues beyond the first comparison sentence. Could be an entire work.
Ex: "I graduated from the University of Life. All right? I received a degree from the School of Hard Knocks. And our colors were black and blue, baby. I had office hours with the Dean of Bloody Noses. All right? I borrowed my class notes from Professor Knuckle Sandwich and his Teaching Assistant, Ms. Fat Lip Thon Nyun. That’s the kind of school I went to for real, okay?"
– Will Ferrell, Commencement address
at Harvard University, 2003  

12. Onomatopoeia: Words that sound like sounds or sound like the thing or phenomenon they describe
BAM!
Crash!
POW!

13. Paradox: A seeming contradiction which is nonetheless true.
To bring peace, we make have war.
Less is more
Cowards die many times before their death.

14. Personification: Imparting human or lifelike characteristics to an inanimate object.

15. Simile: a comparison of two unlike things that uses the words like or as 

16. See the next two slides…
Symbol: A thing that represents an idea; an image, object, or action with another (larger and more important) meaning than itself
See the next two slides…  

17. Rivers
Decide what each picture represents. 1 2 3

18. Possible meanings of rivers
1: your path of life, full of challenges, or a challenge to cross over
Check your answers.
3: an easy life, minimal challenges, peace
2: insurmountable challenge, getting carried away

19. Oxymoron: a fusion of two contradictory ideas
 jumbo shrimp
"Why, then, O brawling love! O loving hate . . ./ Feather of lead, bright smoke / cold fire, sick health!" - from Romeo and Juliet