Figurative Language

1. Figurative Language

2. Figures of Speech 1a. Simile - a comparison of two unlike things using like or as 1b. Example - Jason sprinted like a streak of lightning. 2a. Metaphors - a comparison of two unlike things without like or as 2b. Example - Jason was a streak of lightning when he ran.

3. Practice What does the simile below tell you about the baby? The baby was like an octopus in the grocery. a. She had more than two arms. b. She could hold her breath under water. c. She was constantly pulling items off the shelf. d. She had very long arms and a long reach.

4. Her hair was a flowing cascade of golden water. The metaphor means that someone�s hair was: a. long and brown b. long and blonde c. wet and blonde d. wet and brown

5. Figures of Speech 3a. Personification - human qualities given to non-human things 3b. Example - The stars winked at me. 4a. Hyperbole - an exaggeration that makes a point 4b. Example - I�ve told you a million times to use sunscreen.

6. Practice The Eagle He clasps the crag with hooked hands: Close to the sun in lonely lands, Ringed with the azure world, he stands. The wrinkled sea beneath him crawls; He watches from his mountain walls, And like a thunderbolt he falls.

7. The following line from the poem is an example of personification. The wrinkled sea beneath him crawls; Select the answer that explains what this line actually means. a. The sea is crawling beneath the eagle. b. The sea is smooth and calm as the eagle watches from the mountain. c. The eagle has not learned to walk yet, so it must crawl. d. The eagle is perched high above the waves of the sea.

8. What is meant by the hyperbole in the sentence below? We have been waiting an eternity in the doctor�s office. a. waiting a long time b. patiently waiting c. not waiting long d. waiting for the doctor

9. Sound Devices 1a. Alliteration - the repetition of the first consonant sound in words close to each other. 1b. Example - nice necklace on Nadia�s neck 2a. Onomatopoeia - a word that sounds like what it describes. 2b. Example - �Crack, crack, sizzle, pop!� went the hot fire.

10. �The Saucy Sea Horse� A SEA HORSE and a Saw Horse Saw a see-saw one day; Said the Sea Horse to the Saw Horse, �See here, Saw Horse, say, Can you see-saw with a Sea Horse?� �Saucy Sea Horse,� said the Saw Horse

11. The alliteration in the poem creates what kind of mood? a. playful b. serious c. sad d. angry

12. The rain fell on the tin roof with a tink, tink, tink. I shut my sleepy eyes with a blink, blink, blink. Dreaming dreams that made me believe, I awoke the next dawn to receive. The onomatopoeia �tink, tink, tink� affects __ of this poem by creating the sound of the raindrops as they fall on the tin roof. a. mood b. plot c. meaning d. irony

13. Sound Devices 3a. Rhythm - the way a poem moves along when you read it aloud 3b. The syllables you emphasize when you read a poem aloud get an accent, or stress. The rhythm is decided by the words that are stressed.

14. Sound Devices 4a. Rhyme is the repetition of end sounds in words - also contributes to the sound of a poem. 4b. Sometimes rhyme appears at the end of every line. 4c. More often, the rhyming pattern has rhyming words in different lines.

15. Sound Devices 4d. Some rhyme patterns can be described as abab - rhyming every other line or aabbccdd - every pair of lines rhyme with each other.

16. A Limerick There was on Old Man with a nose Who said, �If you choose to suppose, That my nose is too long, You are certainly wrong!� That remarkable Man with a nose.

17. The rhythm and rhyme of this poem affect the meaning of the poem by ______. a. expressing the author�s personal problem b. giving the poem a speech-like quality c. expressing the author�s personal opinion d. giving the poem a music-like quality

18. Count that Day Lostby: George Elliot 1. The phrase �sit down at set of sun� is an example of a. personification b. alliteration c. onomatopoeia d. simile

19. 2. Which lines rhyme in �Count that Day Lost?� a. 1, 2 b. 1, 2, 3, 4 c. 2, 3 d. 2, 4, 6, 8