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Figurative Language

Figurative Language. Simile Metaphor Personification Imagery. Imagery. Connects written images and pictures to ideas. Imagery. Light and Dark Binary opposition -two ideas that are related but opposite in meaning Light=happiness “bright mood”

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Figurative Language

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  1. Figurative Language Simile Metaphor Personification Imagery

  2. Imagery Connects written images and pictures to ideas.

  3. Imagery Light and Dark Binary opposition -two ideas that are related but opposite in meaning Light=happiness “bright mood” Dark=Sadness, despair “dark mood“ “Wherever you go, no matter what the weather, always bring your own sunshine.” Anthony D’angelo

  4. Imagery Light/Dark Happy/Sad Good/Evil Love/Loneliness Heaven/Hell Purity/Dirty Safety/fear Clarity/mystery Knowledge/ignorance, madness Civilized/uncivilized

  5. Good/Evil Luke, come to the dark side

  6. Heaven/Hell Peter Griffen as the Grim Reaper

  7. Love/Despair Romeo and Juliet- pg 601 line 41 - pg 609 line 42 R & J pg. 586 line 126

  8. Tradition says pure women wear white wedding dresses Purity/Dirty And then there is this

  9. Knowledge/Ignorance “Be a lamp unto yourself” the Buddha “ If you have knowledge, let others light their candles at it.” Margaret Fuller “Ignorance is the night of the mind, but a night without moon and star.” -Confucius “The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance.”-Socrates “The living man who does not learn, is dark, dark, like one walking in the night.” Ming LumPaou Keen

  10. Quotesidentify the use of light and dark • The hero is the one who kindles a great light in the world, who sets up blazing torches in the dark streets of life for men to see by.  The saint is the man who walks through the dark paths of the world, himself a light.  ~Felix Adler • Dare to reach out your hand into the darkness, to pull another hand into the light.  ~Norman B. Rice • The cradle rocks above an abyss, and common sense tells us that our existence is but a brief crack of light between two eternities of darkness.  ~Vladimir Nabokov • A smile is the light in the window of your face that tells people you're at home. 

  11. Questions  What are some other examples of light and dark imagery you can think of? Are there examples of light/dark imagery in thai culture? Can you think of other binary oppositions? Why does light/dark have so many comparisons, like good/evil, clarity/mystery, etc. -choose one to explain the connection

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