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Date: Title: Figurative Language Simile Metaphor Personification a way of describing something by saying it is something else a series of words beginning with the same letter or sound an overstatement or exaggeration Hyperbole a common, often used expression that doesn’t make sense if you take it literally Alliteration compares two things using the words 'like' or 'as' Repetition giving an inanimate object human feelings or actions Idiom when a single word, or a groups of words, is repeated for effect Onomatopoeia words that imitate the sounds they make

Date: Title: Figurative Language Simile? Metaphor? Personification? Alliteration? Hyperbole? Repetition? Idiom? Onomatopoeia? The leaves danced in the wind on the cold October afternoon. The sisters fought like cats and dogs! Edward was the life of the party. Nobody, nobody, can make it out here alone. Seeing the world through rose-tinted glasses The fog filtered over the field, finally hiding the fence. The repeated ratatattat was heard at the door all night! My eyes widened at the sight of the milehigh ice cream cones we were having for dessert.

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Similes and metaphors can emphasize good or bad qualities. Similes and metaphors set the tone. Which of these similes or metaphors would you want someone to say about you? • His eyes are the color of polished mahogany. • His eyes are the color of dirt. • She is as lively as a cricket. • She is a tornado wrecking everything in her path.

Finish these similes: • The day was like _____________________. • My coat felt like a _____________________. • She was dressed like a ___________________.

Finish these metaphors: • ____________was a dream. • ____________ is a storm. • _____________ is a monster.

Try personification. How does a flower feel in an open meadow?

Oxymoron An oxymoron is a figure of speech that combines opposing words or ideas together. • Silent screams • Pleasant sadness • Smart ignorance • Angry peace • Spring’s autumn Try writing your own oxymoron • _____Living_____ • _____Disgusting______ • _____Lying _____

From The Grave by Robert Blair Dull Grave!—thou spoil'st the dance of youthful blood, Strik'st out the dimple from the cheek of mirth, And every smirking feature from the face; Branding our laughter with the name of madness. Where are the jesters now? the men of health Complexionally pleasant? Where the droll, Whose every look and gesture was a joke To clapping theatres and shouting crowds, And made even thick-lipp'd musing Melancholy To gather up her face into a smile Before she was aware? Ah! sullen now, And dumb as the green turf that covers them.

From The Grave by Robert Blair Identify two examples of personification. What is being personified? Dull Grave!—thou spoil'st the dance of youthful blood, Strik'st out the dimple from the cheek of mirth, And every smirking feature from the face; Branding our laughter with the name of madness. Where are the jesters now? the men of health Complexionally pleasant? Where the droll, Whose every look and gesture was a joke To clapping theatres and shouting crowds, And made even thick-lipp'd musing Melancholy To gather up her face into a smile Before she was aware? Ah! sullen now, And dumb as the green turf that covers them.

From The Grave by Robert Blair Identify an example of hyperbole. Explain how it is exaggerated. Dull Grave!—thou spoil'st the dance of youthful blood, Strik'st out the dimple from the cheek of mirth, And every smirking feature from the face; Branding our laughter with the name of madness. Where are the jesters now? the men of health Complexionally pleasant? Where the droll, Whose every look and gesture was a joke To clapping theatres and shouting crowds, And made even thick-lipp'd musing Melancholy To gather up her face into a smile Before she was aware? Ah! sullen now, And dumb as the green turf that covers them.

From The Grave by Robert Blair Dull Grave!—thou spoil'st the dance of youthful blood, Strik'st out the dimple from the cheek of mirth, And every smirking feature from the face; Branding our laughter with the name of madness. Where are the jesters now? the men of health Complexionally pleasant? Where the droll, Whose every look and gesture was a joke To clapping theatres and shouting crowds, And made even thick-lipp'd musing Melancholy To gather up her face into a smile Before she was aware? Ah! sullen now, And dumb as the green turf that covers them. Identify an example of metaphor. Explain which two things are being compared.

From The Grave by Robert Blair Dull Grave!—thou spoil'st the dance of youthful blood, Strik'st out the dimple from the cheek of mirth, And every smirking feature from the face; Branding our laughter with the name of madness. Where are the jesters now? the men of health Complexionally pleasant? Where the droll, Whose every look and gesture was a joke To clapping theatres and shouting crowds, And made even thick-lipp'd musing Melancholy To gather up her face into a smile Before she was aware? Ah! sullen now, And dumb as the green turf that covers them. Identify an example of simile. Explain which two things are being compared.

From The Grave by Robert Blair Dull Grave!—thou spoil'st the dance of youthful blood, Strik'st out the dimple from the cheek of mirth, And every smirking feature from the face; Branding our laughter with the name of madness. Where are the jesters now? the men of health Complexionally pleasant? Where the droll, Whose every look and gesture was a joke To clapping theatres and shouting crowds, And made even thick-lipp'd musing Melancholy To gather up her face into a smile Before she was aware? Ah! sullen now, And dumb as the green turf that covers them. What is the tone of the poem? How does the speaker feel about the subject of the poem? (Use evidence from the text to explain your answer).

From The Grave by Robert Blair Dull Grave!—thou spoil'st the dance of youthful blood, Strik'st out the dimple from the cheek of mirth, And every smirking feature from the face; Branding our laughter with the name of madness. Where are the jesters now? the men of health Complexionally pleasant? Where the droll, Whose every look and gesture was a joke To clapping theatres and shouting crowds, And made even thick-lipp'd musing Melancholy To gather up her face into a smile Before she was aware? Ah! sullen now, And dumb as the green turf that covers them. In line four, the speaker says that the Dull Grave brands “our laugher with the name of madness. ” What does the poet mean?

From The Grave by Robert Blair Dull Grave!—thou spoil'st the dance of youthful blood, Strik'st out the dimple from the cheek of mirth, And every smirking feature from the face; Branding our laughter with the name of madness. Where are the jesters now? the men of health Complexionally pleasant? Where the droll, Whose every look and gesture was a joke To clapping theatres and shouting crowds, And made even thick-lipp'd musing Melancholy To gather up her face into a smile Before she was aware? Ah! sullen now, And dumb as the green turf that covers them. Identify an example of simile. Explain which two things are being compared.

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