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Figurative Language: Passages taken from Holes

Figurative Language: Passages taken from Holes. Personification . Personification is when an author gives an idea, object, or animal qualities or traits of a person. Examples. smiling moon CD player sang a tune car ran Oreo: Milk ’ s favorite cookie My computer hates me.

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Figurative Language: Passages taken from Holes

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  1. Figurative Language:Passages taken fromHoles

  2. Personification  Personification is when an author gives an idea, object, or animal qualities or traits of a person.

  3. Examples • smiling moon • CD player sang a tune • car ran • Oreo: Milk’s favorite cookie • My computer hates me. • The camera loves me. • Opportunity knocked on the door. • The sun greeted me this morning. • Snow had wrapped a white blanket over the city. • Time never waits for anyone. • Trees were dancing with the wind. • The TV sprang to life.

  4. Alliteration  Alliteration is the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables. When writers want to emphasize certain words, they may use alliteration. (same beginning sound)

  5. Examples • down in the dumps • do or die • right as rain • sink or swim • pay the price • Coca-Cola • back to the basics • green as grass • live the life

  6. Directions: For each of the following slides decide whether each sentence contains a simile, a metaphor, alliteration, or personification. Circle your choice- and compare your answer with the slide that follows GO SLOWLY- This is to help you know what you do and don’t know. You are on the HONOR system- do not cheat! If simile or metaphor, what is being compared? If personification what object is being personified? BE SURE TO EXPLAIN YOUR ANSWER!!!

  7. PRACTICE SAMPLE: page 72 The other bodies in the room were little more than bags of flesh and bones, dumped across broken chairs and couches.

  8. PRACTICE SAMPLE ANSWER: page 72 The other bodies in the room were little more than bags of flesh and bones, dumped across broken chairs and couches.

  9. BEGIN with the next slide numbered #1

  10. 1. Camp Green Lake once danced in the heart of Texas. What figure of speech is it? Why?

  11. Camp Green Lake once danced in the heart of Texas. 1. personification

  12. 2. Trout's feet smelled like dead fish.

  13. Trout's feet smelled like dead fish. 2. simile

  14. 3. The dark and dreary days were depressing.

  15. The dark and dreary days were depressing. 3. alliteration

  16. 4. Elya fought his way to America after forgetting to fulfill a promise.

  17. Elya fought his way to America after forgetting to fulfill a promise. 4. alliteration

  18. 5. Mr. Yelnats thought old smelly sneakers were his ticket to success.

  19. Mr. Yelnats thought old smelly sneakers were his ticket to success. 5. metaphor

  20. 6. The rain stopped, and the lake said good bye.

  21. The rain stopped, and the lake said good bye. 6. personification

  22. 7. The trees beckoned the campers to its shade.

  23. The trees beckoned the campers to its shade. 7. personification

  24. 8. Clyde Livingston's shoes were as smelly as blue cheese.

  25. Clyde Livingston's shoes were as smelly as blue cheese. 8. simile

  26. 9. Katherine kept cold memories in her heart.

  27. Katherine kept cold memories in her heart. 9. alliteration

  28. 10. The hundred year curse was dynamite to Stanley's family.

  29. The hundred year curse was dynamite to Stanley's family. 10. metaphor

  30. 11. Stanley seldom seemed satisfied.

  31. Stanley seldom seemed satisfied. 11. alliteration

  32. 12. The wind sang its sad tune.

  33. The wind sang its sad tune. 12. personification

  34. 13. Derrick Dunne did dirty deeds.

  35. Derrick Dunne did dirty deeds. 13. alliteration

  36. 14. Magnet claimed, "My fingers are like little magnets."

  37. Magnet claimed, "My fingers are like little magnets.“ 14. simile

  38. 15. Sam ran like the devil with Charles Walker chasing after him.

  39. Sam ran like the devil with Charles Walker chasing after him. 15. simile

  40. 16. The cameras were windows for the Warden to see into the boys' lives.

  41. The cameras were windows for the Warden to see into the boys' lives. 16. metaphor

  42. 17. The nail polish with rattlesnake venom was as lethal as nuclear waste.

  43. The nail polish with rattlesnake venom was as lethal as nuclear waste. 17. simile

  44. 18. The onions were miracle drugs.

  45. The onions were miracle drugs. 18. metaphor

  46. 19. The camp sang when Stanley and Zero were set free.

  47. The camp sang when Stanley and Zero were set free. 19. personification

  48. Practice Read your assigned pages from Maniac Magee. Identify the literary devices. Write the sentence in quotes (because you are borrowing the words from Jerry Spinelli)

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