VOCAB WEEK 1 Figurative Language, Sound Devices, and Literary Devices.
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Your Assignment• In Class:
Copy down the definition for each device (#1-12)
• For Homework: Come up with 2 synonyms, 2
antonyms, and 2 examples of each device [this week]in a sentence (#1-12)
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Figurative LanguageWriting or speech not meant to be interpreted literally
• Simile• Metaphor• Personification
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1. SimileA comparison of two unlike things using like or as. You stink like rotten meat. He shot up like a rocket as he
went for the basket.
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2. Metaphor
A direct comparison of two unlike things
• Life is a barren field.• Hannah’s eyes are stars brightening
the room.
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3. Personification
Giving non-human things human characteristics
• The moonlight danced along the water.
• The thunder clapped angrily in the distance.
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Sound DevicesDevices used by a poet to
reflect a musical style• Alliteration• Assonance• Onomatopoeia
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4. Alliteration
The repetition of initial consonant sounds
• Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled pepper.
• She sells seashells down by the seashore.
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5. Assonance
The repetition of vowel sounds
Weak and wearyLight the fireI must confess my questProud round clown
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6. Onomatopoeia
The use of words that imitate the sounds that they name
QuackThudSizzleHiss
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Literary Devicesa technique writers use to produce a certain effect
• Imagery
• Irony
• Symbolism
• Hyperbole
• Oxymoron
• Pun
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7. Imagery
words that create a mental picture that stimulate one of the five senses
• The children laughed as they ran along the beach, feet pounding the soft sand.
• The salty ocean breeze cooled their faces.
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8. Irony
when the meaning is opposite of what was intended
We expect a tiger to be a dangerous beast stalking its prey, not a pet relaxing in a monk’s lap.
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9. Symbolism
using objects, people, or things to represent a greater idea
A skull and crossbones represents danger.
Pirates! Poison! Toxic smoke!
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10. HyperboleA gross exaggeration • I would walk a thousand miles
to see you.• I’d catch a grenade for you.
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11. OxymoronA contradiction in terms•Sound of silence•Cruel to be kind•Good girl gone bad•Canyon Hills
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12. PunA humorous play on words that suggests two or more meanings; similar sounding words having different meanings.•A horse is a very stable animal. •Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana. •An elephant’s opinion carries a lot of weight.