Understanding Figurative Language and Poetry Terms
Explore the world of figurative language and poetry with explanations and examples of similes, metaphors, onomatopoeia, alliteration, repetition, personification, and hyperbole. Dive into how these literary devices enhance the depth and imagery of written works.
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FIGURATIVE FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE LANGUAGE & & POETRY POETRY TERMS TERMS
SIMILES SIMILES DIRECTLY COMPARES TWO UNRELATED NOUNS USING LIKE OR AS TO BRIDGE THE CONNECTION EX. * STUCK LIKE GLUE *I M GOING TO MISS YOU LIKE A CHILD MISSES THEIR BLANKET
METAPHORS METAPHORS THE COMPARISON THE COMPARISON BETWEEN TWO UNRELATED BETWEEN TWO UNRELATED NOUNS SAYING ONE THING NOUNS SAYING ONE THING IS ANOTHER THING IS ANOTHER THING EX. EX. *BABY, YOU RE A FIREWORK *BABY, YOU RE A FIREWORK *YOU WERE ROMEO *YOU WERE ROMEO *I WAS A SCARLET LETTER *I WAS A SCARLET LETTER
ONOMATOPOEIA THE FORMATION OF WORDS THAT SOUND LIKE OR SUGGEST THE OBJECTS OR ACTIONS BEING NAMED EX. *TICK TOCK *BANG, BANG, BANG
ALLITERATION ALLITERATION THE SAME, BEGINNING THE SAME, BEGINNING SOUND IN TWO OR MORE SOUND IN TWO OR MORE WORDS CLOSE TOGETHER WORDS CLOSE TOGETHER EX. EX. * *S SAD, AD, S SONGS, ONGS, S SAY, * *R RUDOLPH THE UDOLPH THE R RED NOSED R REINDEER EINDEER * *W WHAT A HAT A W WONDERFUL ONDERFUL W WORLD ORLD AY, S SO MUCH O MUCH ED NOSED
REPETITION REPETITION REPEATING THE SAME REPEATING THE SAME WORDS OR PHRASES WORDS OR PHRASES THROUGH A SONG OR POEM THROUGH A SONG OR POEM TO CREATE A RHYTHM OR TO CREATE A RHYTHM OR SET A MOOD SET A MOOD EX. EX. *WE TALK ABOUT . *WE TALK ABOUT . *LIKE A BOSS . *LIKE A BOSS .
PERSONIFICATION PERSONIFICATION THE ASSIGNMENT OF HUMAN THE ASSIGNMENT OF HUMAN TRAITS TO THINGS, COLORS, TRAITS TO THINGS, COLORS, QUALITIES, AND IDEAS QUALITIES, AND IDEAS EX. EX.*AND THE *AND THE SHADOW SHADOW OF THE DAY, DAY, WILL EMBRACE THE WILL EMBRACE THE WORLD IN GRAY WORLD IN GRAY. . *THIS *THIS TOWN TOWN IS COLDER NOW, I IS COLDER NOW, I THINK THINK IT S SICK OF US. IT S SICK OF US. * *HIP HOP JUST DIED THIS HIP HOP JUST DIED THIS MORNING, AND SHE S DEAD MORNING, AND SHE S DEAD. . OF THE
HYPERBOLE USING EXAGGERATION TO MAKE A POINT EX. *HER EYES, HER EYES, MAKE THE STARS LOOK LIKE THEY RE NOT SHINING. *TODAY WAS A FAIRY TALE, YOU VE GOT A SMILE THAT TAKES ME TO ANOTHER PLANET.
IMAGERY CREATING A MENTAL PICTURE EX. *IF I DIE YOUNG, BURY ME IN SATIN. LAY ME DOWN ON A BED OF ROSES. SINK ME IN THE RIVER, AT DAWN . *HER TEARS ARE LIKE DIAMONDS ON THE FLOOR
ASSIGNMENT * LOOK AT THE LYRICS FOR EACH OF THE FOLLOWING SONGS * COPY, PASTE, & LABEL EXAMPLES FROM THE LYRICS OF EACH OF THE 8 FORMS OF FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE / POETIC DEVICES THAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR NOTES. * EACH SONG MAY ONLY BE USED ONCE * EACH TERM MAY ONLY BE USED ONCE
You Lie One Thing The Band Perry One Direction Our Song Taylor Swift Just the Way You Are Bruno Mars The House that Built Me Miranda Lambert Hoe Down Throw Down Miley Cyrus Fireflies Bleeding Love Owl City Leona Lewis
OXYMORON OXYMORON A FIGURE OF SPEECH IN A FIGURE OF SPEECH IN WHICH TWO CONTRADICTORY WHICH TWO CONTRADICTORY TERMS APPEAR IN TERMS APPEAR IN CONJUNCTION WITH CONJUNCTION WITH EACHOTHER EACHOTHER EX. EX. *NUMB SENSATION *NUMB SENSATION *PLASTIC GLASSES *PLASTIC GLASSES *STUDENT TEACHER *STUDENT TEACHER
USING INK - ADD EACH WORD TO THE BOTTOM OF A BOX ON YOUR OXYMORON BINGO CARDS *COPY*SWEET*TIGHTS*MOVING* *MILLIONAIRE*NEGATIVE*DOG* *MISUNDERSTOOD*SHRIMP*END* *PIECE*RIBS*NEWS*GRIEF*WAR* *CROWD*ROAR*AGAIN*DEAD* *ALIVE*SLEEP*LIGHT*MUCH*PAIR *FLOOR
EUPHEMISM EUPHEMISM A WORD OR SERIES OF WORDS A WORD OR SERIES OF WORDS WHICH REPLACES SAD, WHICH REPLACES SAD, UNPLEASANT, OR SHOCKING UNPLEASANT, OR SHOCKING IDEAS WITH SOFTER AND IDEAS WITH SOFTER AND NICER EXPRESSIONS NICER EXPRESSIONS EX. EX. *A FEW SANDWICHES *A FEW SANDWICHES SHORT OF A PICNIC SHORT OF A PICNIC *NATURE CALLS *NATURE CALLS
THE EUPHEMISM SONG http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=blue+man+group+euphemism &qs=n&form=QBVR&pq=blue+man+group+euphemism&sc=1- 24&sp=- 1&sk=#view=detail&mid=07809AE948BA5805637607809AE948BA5 8056376
ALLUSION ALLUSION A BRIEF & INDIRECT REFERENCE TO A BRIEF & INDIRECT REFERENCE TO A PERSON, PLACE, OR THING, IN A PERSON, PLACE, OR THING, IN HISTORY, RELIGION, LITERATURE, HISTORY, RELIGION, LITERATURE, POP CULTURE, OR THE ARTS POP CULTURE, OR THE ARTS. IT DOES NOT DESCRIBE IN DETAIL THE DOES NOT DESCRIBE IN DETAIL THE PERSON OR THING TO WHICH IT PERSON OR THING TO WHICH IT REFERS. REFERS. IT IS JUST A PASSING IT IS JUST A PASSING COMMENT, & THE WRITER EXPECTS COMMENT, & THE WRITER EXPECTS THE READER TO POSSESS ENOUGH THE READER TO POSSESS ENOUGH KNOWLEDGE TO SPOT THE ALLUSION KNOWLEDGE TO SPOT THE ALLUSION & GRASP ITS IMPORTANCE IN A TEXT. & GRASP ITS IMPORTANCE IN A TEXT. . IT
EXAMPLES OF ALLUSION EXAMPLES OF ALLUSION I WAS SURPRISED HIS NOSE I WAS SURPRISED HIS NOSE WAS NOT GROWING LIKE WAS NOT GROWING LIKE PINOCCCHIO S. PINOCCCHIO S. (REFERS TO A PUPPET NAMED (REFERS TO A PUPPET NAMED PINOCCHIO WHOSE NOSE PINOCCHIO WHOSE NOSE WOULD GROW EVERY TIME HE WOULD GROW EVERY TIME HE TOLD A LIE TOLD A LIE - - FROM FROM THE ADVENTURES OF PINNOCHIO ADVENTURES OF PINNOCHIO BY CARLO COLLODI) BY CARLO COLLODI) THE
WHEN SHE LOST HER JOB WHEN SHE LOST HER JOB SHE ACTED LIKE A SHE ACTED LIKE A SCROOGE. SCROOGE. (REFERS TO THE SCROOGE (REFERS TO THE SCROOGE IN CHARLES DICKENS IN CHARLES DICKENS BOOK, BOOK, A CHRISTMAS A CHRISTMAS CAROL. CAROL. THE SCROOGE WAS THE SCROOGE WAS AN EXTREMELY STINGY AN EXTREMELY STINGY CHARACTER.) CHARACTER.)
HE WAS A REAL ROMEO WITH THE LADIES. (REFERS TO A CHARACTER IN SHAKESPEARE S PLAY, ROMEO AND JULIET. HE WAS VERY ROMANTIC IN EXPRESSING HIS LOVE FOR JULIET.)
Building Background Building Background For an allusion to be effective, it must For an allusion to be effective, it must refer to an event that the audience is refer to an event that the audience is familiar familiar with with. Watch . Watch this video to see a popular sequence in a film that is often popular sequence in a film that is often alluded to in other films. alluded to in other films. this video to see a https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=532j-186xEQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZTOV-55ivM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9kd7JXKHfM
COLLOQUIALISMS WORD, PHRASE, OR OTHER FORM USED IN EVERYDAY INFORMAL LANGUAGE *INCORPORATES CONTRACTIONS SUCH AS I LL, HAVEN T, AND DOESN T *INCORPORATES ABBREVIATIONS SUCH AS FRIDGE, TV, AND HOOD *A MAJOR ASPECT IS THE USE OF IDIOMS AND SLANG
IDIOMS IDIOMS PHRASE OF FIXED EXPRESSION PHRASE OF FIXED EXPRESSION THAT HAS A FIGURATIVE, OR THAT HAS A FIGURATIVE, OR SOMETIMES LITERAL, MEANING. SOMETIMES LITERAL, MEANING. ___________________________________ ___________________________________ AN IDIOMS FIGURATIVE AN IDIOMS FIGURATIVE MEANING IS DIFFERENT FROM MEANING IS DIFFERENT FROM THE LITERAL MEANING. THE LITERAL MEANING. EX. EX. *RAINING CATS AND DOGS *RAINING CATS AND DOGS * WHEN THE FAT LADY SINGS * WHEN THE FAT LADY SINGS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9DxGe94uoc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9DxGe94uoc
SLANG SLANG *VERY INFORMAL WORDS OR *VERY INFORMAL WORDS OR PHRASES THAT ARE USUALLY PHRASES THAT ARE USUALLY RESTRICTED TO A CERTAIN RESTRICTED TO A CERTAIN GROUP OF PEOPLE GROUP OF PEOPLE *SOME CONVEY NEGATIVE *SOME CONVEY NEGATIVE CONNOTATIONS & CAN BE CONNOTATIONS & CAN BE OFFENSIVE OFFENSIVE EX. DUDE, PEEPS, BAE, FLEEK EX. DUDE, PEEPS, BAE, FLEEK
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