Poe try Ter ms Day 2 Simile comparison

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Simile -comparison of 2 things using “like” or “as Make a simile about hockey. Use the picture if it helps! Example: The goalie’s hand was fast like a cheetah so he could catch the puck.

Metaphor - comparison of 2 things directly; using “like” or “as” not Make a metaphor about Michael J. Fox in the original 1980’s film Teen Wolf Example: Michael J. Fox was a rock star when he played air guitar!

Onomatopoeia -words whose sounds suggest their meaning Make an onomatopoeia about bugs! Example: Bzzz went the bee as it flew by me! ZAP! Went the bug light as it killed the mosquito.

Idiom -an expression or saying that is not interpreted literally

Consonance -repetition of consonant sounds within a phrase or sentence Create an example using car. Example: The spaceship has sailed into far off space.

Assonance -repetition of identical or similar vowel sounds Example: She was frail from trudging her long tail up the trail with a pail.

Alliteration -repetition of the same sounds at the beginning of words Example: Peter piper picked a pack of pickled peppers.

Personification -giving human qualities to non-human objects Example: The trees were whispering at dusk.

Denotation vs Connotation Denotation-the dictionary meaning of a word Connotation-implied meaning beyond the dictionary definition

Denotation vs Connotation Example: Robert Frost’s “Mending Wall” Poem about two neighbors who are getting together to fix the fence between their houses. “And on a day we meet to walk the line And set the wall between us once again. We keep the wall between us as we go. To each the boulders that have fallen to each. ” So what is the “denotation”; what are they literally building? What is the “connotation”? ; what’s the deeper meaning of building a wall between two people?

Mood -thoughts or feelings of the reader What’s the mood of this poem?

Tone -attitude of a writer toward a subject or audience Example: Read this example below. How could the tone be interpreted differently. Mom: “Hey kids! You’re going to grandma and grandpa’s house for spring break. ” Son: “Wow, that’s great, Mom. ”

Figurative Language -language that uses words or expressions with a meaning that is different from the literal interpretation What terms have we’ve learned so far that would be considered “figurative language”?

Imagery -words or phrases to create pictures in the mind of the reader Example: “Prelude” by T. S. Elliot The winter evening settles down With smell of steaks in passageways. Six o'clock. The burnt-out ends of smoky days. And now a gusty shower wraps The grimy scraps Of withered leaves about your feet And newspapers from vacant lots; The showers beat On broken blinds and chimney-pots, And at the corner of the street A lonely cab-horse steams and stamps. And then the lighting of the lamps.