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Which of the following is an example of a simile?

  • Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines.
  • She was as fresh as a daisy. (correct)
  • The dust of snow saved some part of a day I had rued.
  • The engine purred.

    • What does the phrase 'the finny tribe' refer to?

  • Reptiles
  • Mammals
  • Birds
  • Fish (correct)

    • Which of the following sentences uses metaphor to convey meaning?

  • Your hand, your tongue.
  • Be the serpent under ’t. (correct)
  • The seven stars go squawking like geese.
  • Look like the time.

    • What is the definition of a figure of speech?

    <p>Creative language used to convey ideas imaginatively.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following phrases is a euphemism for a potentially offensive term?

    <p>Pass away</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following is an example of litotes?

    <p>Not the worst day ever.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the phrase 'lend me your ears' exemplify in figures of speech?

    <p>Metonymy</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In Robert Frost's poem 'Fire and Ice,' what does 'fire' represent?

    <p>Desire and passion</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Metonymy involves replacing a word with another that is closely related. Which of the following is NOT an example of metonymy?

    <p>'The classroom fell silent with concentration.'</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which line from 'Out, Out —' reflects a metaphor?

    <p>The buzz saw snarled and rattled.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary function of figures of speech in writing?

    <p>To enhance expressiveness and convey deeper meaning.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following sentences is an example of an idiom?

    <p>It's time to face the music.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What figure of speech is used in 'I think I know enough of hate to say that for destruction ice is also great'?

    <p>Metaphor</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which example demonstrates a simile?

    <p>I wandered lonely as a cloud</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What defines an idiom?

    <p>A phrase whose meaning is not predictable from the usual meanings of its constituent elements.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following is an example of a metaphor?

    <p>Life is a journey, not a destination.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary function of hyperbole in language?

    <p>To create an exaggerated statement for emphasis.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following lines exemplifies understatement?

    <p>It’s rather warm today.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the difference between meiosis and litotes?

    <p>Meiosis is used to belittle while litotes is an ironic understatement.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which line contains a figurative language technique related to light?

    <p>When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the role of figures of speech in poetry?

    <p>To add depth and meaning beyond the literal.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Study Notes

    Figures of Sound

    • Poetic devices used to create sound effects in poetry are called figures of sound.
    • Rhyme is a commonly used figure of sound.

    Alliteration

    • Alliteration is the repetition of consonant sounds.
    • Repetition can occur at the beginning or middle of words.
    • Repetition can occur within one line, multiple lines, or even stanzas.
    • Examples include "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers" and "The fair breeze blew, the white foam flew, the furrow followed free."
    • Note: "t" and "th", and "s" and "sh" are different sounds.

    Assonance

    • Assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds.
    • Repetition can appear at the beginning, middle, or within lines or stanzas.
    • Example: "The grave cave ate", "a noisy, noisy, annoys an oyster"
    • Note: Vowels may look the same but be pronounced differently (e.g., "woman" and "women").

    Consonance

    • Consonance is a kind of slant rhyme.
    • It happens when words have the same consonant sounds, but different vowel sounds.
    • Examples: love-leave, hot-heat

    Onomatopoeia

    • Onomatopoeia are words that represent sounds.
    • Examples: crash, boom, bang, screech, howl, roar
    • Example poem: "On my boat on Lake Cayuga" by William Cole

    Excerpt from "The Bells" by Edgar Allan Poe

    • Describes a clamorous appeal to the mercy of a fire, with the deaf and frantic fire.
    • The bells clang, clash, and roar, creating a horror that fills the air.

    Excerpt from "Roar" by Katy Perry

    • I got the eye of the tiger, a fighter.
    • Dancing through the fire 'Cause I am a champion, and you're gonna hear me roar.
    • Louder, louder than a lion 'Cause I am a champion, and you're gonna hear me roar

    Excerpt from "Shot Me Down" by David Guetta

    • The speaker describes a fight.
    • Bang bang, he shot me down.
    • Bang bang, I hit the ground.
    • Bang bang, that awful sound.
    • Bang bang, my baby shot me down.

    Spot the Figures of Sound

    • Examples of poems will likely need to be provided to students to identify figures of sound.

    Rain

    • Like a drummer's brush, the rain hushes the surface of tin porches.

    Virginia

    • Describes a red river, slow flow, and heat.
    • Focuses on mocking-birds, wait, white trees, and delay, decay.
    • Iron thoughts come with the speaker and the river.

    Recital

    • Poem about Eskimos in Manitoba and other characters.
    • Sounds and events in the poem/story can be identified.

    What are Figures of Speech?

    • Figures of speech are expressions that are not meant to be understood literally.
    • Figures of speech have to be interpreted.
    • Idioms ("raining cats and dogs") are commonly used figures of speech.

    Why we speak figuratively

    • We use figures of speech more often than we realize.
    • Figures of speech make our speech funnier, more memorable, or more interesting.

    Simile

    • A simile is a direct comparison between two different things.
    • Uses comparative words like "like," "as," or "than."
    • Examples: “as graceful as a gazelle,” “he eats like a pig,” and “she has a face like a horse.”
    • More specific examples from poems/stories are likely needed here.

    Excerpt from "A Red, Red Rose" by Robert Burns

    • The speaker's love is compared to a red, red rose and a sweet melody.

    Excerpt from "Design" by Robert Frost

    • A spider and a moth are described using similes.

    Metaphor

    • A metaphor is an indirect comparison between two different things.
    • It does not use comparative words like "like," "as," or "than".
    • Example: "You are an angel."
    • Simile examples using everyday life are also provided in this section.

    Note (Metaphors/Similes)

    • We often use similes for comparisons like "his face as white as a sheet." or "yesterday was as hot as hell."
    • Sometimes, metaphors are more effective due to their direct and compact comparisons.

    Compare (Metaphors)

    • Discussion on examples of how a simile or metaphor would be more effective compared to another.

    My lover's got humor

    • The speaker identifies the lover's humor by comparing it to a "giggle at a funeral".
    • They know that her laughter is known and approved of by others.

    Excerpts from "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost

    • Two roads diverged in a yellow wood.
    • The speaker decides to take the one less traveled, and this becomes significant to them.
    • Discussion will need to occur.

    Excerpt from "Titanium" by David Guetta

    • The speaker emphasizes being bulletproof.

    Bad Style: Mixed Metaphors

    • Mixed metaphors combine comparisons that don't go together.
    • They typically use clichés.
    • Examples: "water the spark of knowledge," "take arms against a sea of troubles"

    We were flying through sea of success

    • Metaphor comparing success to flying through the sea.
    • Metaphor and simile comparison.

    Metaphor vs Symbolism

    • A metaphor is a direct substitution; a symbol is more meaningful.

    Metaphors vs Symbols

    • Comparisons of metaphors vs. symbols using features like preciseness, literal/figurative, ambiguity level.

    Personification

    • Giving human characteristics to nonhuman entities (objects, animals, abstract qualities).
    • Often using capitalization to indicate the personification.
    • In poetry, the human quality is typically often (but not necessarily) indicated through capitalization (e.g. Death bragging about his shade).
    • Examples: "the years shall run like rabbits"

    Excerpt from "Thriller" by Michael Jackson

    • The poem describes fear of the unknown.

    Transferred Epithet (Hypallate)

    • A transferred characteristic from one thing to another related thing.
    • Examples: "He sat in his lonely room" (He is lonely, not the room) or "Angry cars honked".

    Anthem for Doomed Youth by Wilfred Owen

    • The poem creates imagery through the repetition of "rage".
    • The speaker addresses the passing bells for those dying as cattle and also speaks of war, and its effects on the boys, and specifically their eyes.

    Apostrophe

    • Directly addressing an absent person, abstract quality, or nonhuman entity as if they could respond.
    • Often starts with "O", but not always.
    • Examples include "O wild West Wind!" and "Bright star! Would I were as steadfast as thou art." and " Twinkle Twinkle Little Star".

    Excerpt from "Ode to a Grecian Urn" by John Keats

    • The poem describes a still unravish'd bride of quietude.
    • The speaker asks questions about the urn, like the history or legends on its shapes.
    • The poem explores different scenarios that can be seen in the urn as well as the speaker's feelings.

    Holy Sonnets: Death, be not proud by John Donne

    • Death is addressed directly, but is not powerful as some think.
    • The speaker tells death to not be proud using repetition and metaphors.

    "The Sick Rose" by William Blake

    • Describing a rose being attacked by an invisible worm, which is metaphorically describing the effects of love, secrets, and destruction.

    Excerpt from "The Sound of Silence" by The Disturbed

    • The poem starts by calling to darkness, and addresses the creeping vision.
    • The speaker contemplates restless dreams, walks alone in cobblestone streets, and reflects on the sound of silence.

    Hyperbole/Overstatement

    • An exaggeration.
    • Examples include "faster than a speeding bullet, whiter than white, I'm so hungry I could eat a horse".

    “I Wondered Lonely as a Cloud" by William Wordsworth

    • The speaker describes a day when they wandered around and saw a large group of daffodils.
    • These details are compared to the waves.

    Understatement

    • A device where something is described as less than what it actually is.
    • Examples include "hitting the pole certainly didn't help the car." or "it was rather warm out."

    Meiosis and Litotes

    • Meiosis: a witty understatement used to dismiss or belittle someone.
    • Litotes: understatement where an affirmative is expressed through the negative of the contrary, such as "not too shabby" or "not the worst day ever".

    "Fire and Ice" by Robert Frost

    • The speaker discusses the end of the world, and the possibility of fire or ice, favoring fire.
    • The speaker discusses how hate could create destruction as effectively as ice.

    Metonymy

    • A figure of speech where the name of one thing is replaced with something closely related to it.
    • Examples include "he loved the bottle" referring to alcohol, "she works with the press" referring to journalism. and "the White House" referring to the US president.

    "Friends, Romans, Countrymen, lend me your ears" (Julius Caesar)

    • Addressing the crowd directly.

    Excerpt from "Ode to a Nightingale" by John Keats

    • The speaker's desire for a drink from the deep-delved earth, tasting of Flora and the country green.
    • The speaker describes a dance, Provençal song, and sunburnt mirth.

    "Out, Out—" by Robert Frost

    • A speaker uses imagery to discuss a day when they went to turn the grass, and ended up alone after finding the person who mowed the grass alone.

    Excerpt from Macbeth by W. Shakespeare

    • A character befriends another, pretending to be innocent
    • The character wants to be the main person in charge.

    Identify the Figures of Speech

    • Listing various figures of speech.
    • Examples to help identify examples in various poems and stories.

    Dust of Snow/ Snow on Frost poems

    • The poems use imagery to reflect on the effect of nature on the feelings of the speaker.

    Paradox

    • A statement seemingly contradictory but reveals a deeper truth.
    • Examples : "The child is father of man", "Stone walls do not a prison make," "Act naturally.”

    Paradox used; Deeper truth

    • Paradox used to show a deeper truth.

    "The Beginning of the End"

    • Referring to a historical event, this phrase is discussed.

    "All animals are equal..." (Animal Farm)

    • A famous paradox in text.

    Excerpt from "Tuft of Flowers" by Robert Frost

    • Describing a speaker who came to visit a person and ended up alone after finding out that the person the speaker was looking for was not there.

    Oxymoron

    • Combining two contradictory terms (e.g., bittersweet, sweet-sour, living hell).

    "Good night, good night!..." (Romeo and Juliet)

    • The speaker describes parting as both "sweet" and "sorrowful/sad."

    "Do Not Go Gentle into that Good Night" by Dylan Thomas

    • The poem uses extended metaphor to explore themes of dealing with death.

    Pun

    • A play on words, using a word with multiple meanings, words that sound alike, or are spelled alike for humor.
    • Examples to help identify puns include "The word "kneaded" sounds the same as "needed." or "The word "Ewe" sounds the same as "you." and "The word "consonant" has similar letters and sounds similar to the word "continent."

    Pun using a term with more than one meaning

    • Puns can be more engaging when they use multiple meanings of words.

    Puns using a word that sounds like another word

    • Words that sound similar can create puns.

    Examples from various sources

    • Using various examples of puns, from multiple sources.

    Periphrasis/Circumlocution

    • A roundabout way of saying something.
    • Examples include "my father's brother's daughter" or "the room that makes the rain."

    Euphemism

    • A roundabout way of indirectly stating something, using a non-offensive, polite expression of something which might be offensive.
    • Examples include "pass away" for die or "visually impaired" for blind.

    Excerpt from Macbeth by W. Shakespeare

    • "To beguile the time, look like the time. Bear welcome in your eye, your hand, your tongue. Look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under 't."
    • This quote uses various literary devices to build meaning.

    Identify the Figures of Speech

    • Identifying figures of speech in passages and examples.

    Synecdoche

    • A figure of speech that substitutes a significant part to represent the whole.
    • Examples: "They need a roof over their heads," "I miss my own four walls," "Nice wheels!"

    Synecdoche vs Metonymy

    • Descriptions comparing and contrasting synecdoche and metonymy.

    Paradox

    • A statement seemingly contradictory, but more meaningful/true when looked at deeper.
    • Examples include "The child is father of the man." and "Stone walls do not a prison make".

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