MONDAY OCT. 27, 2014

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POETIC DEVICESMonday Oct. 27, 2014

STANDARDS

CCSS ELA L.11-12.5- Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings

CCSS ELA L.11-12.6- Acquire and use accurately general academic and domain-specific words and phrases, sufficient for reading, writing, speaking, and listening at the college and career readiness level; demonstrate independence in gathering vocabulary knowledge when considering a word or phrase important to comprehension or expression.

SIMLIE AND METAPHORIntroduction to Poetry

By Billy Collins

I ask them to take a poem

and hold it up to the light

like a color slide

or press an ear against its hive.

I say drop a mouse into a poem

and watch him probe his way out,

or walk inside the poem’s room

and feel the walls for a light switch.

I want them to waterski

across the surface of a poem

waving at the author’s name on the shore.

But all they want to do

is tie the poem to a chair with rope

and torture a confession out of it.

They begin beating it with a hose

to find out what it really means.

APOSTROPHE

A direct address to an inanimate object, an abstract idea or quality,

or a person not living or present.

Twinkle, Twinkle littleStar, how I wonder what you are

HYPERBOLE

An extreme exaggeration

I am so hungry I could eat a horse

He’s got tons of video games

PERSONIFICATION

Giving something non-human Characteristics

The run down house appeared depressed

The first rays of morning tiptoes through the meadow

ALLUSION

A reference to another piece of literature, work of art,

or historical event.

Don’t act like Romeo in Front of her

He is acting like Hitler when it comes to group work

CONCEIT

An extended, elaborate metaphorit may not

make sense at first.

Mark but this flea, and mark in this,How little that which thou deny'st me is;It sucked me first, and now sucks thee,And in this flea, our two bloods mingled be;

Thou knowest that this cannot be saidA sin, nor shame, nor loss of maidenhead.Yet this enjoys before it woo,And pampered, swells with one blood made of two,And this, alas, is more than we would do...

SYNECDOCE

Using a part of an object, person, or animal to stand for

the whole thing.

Gray beard Old Man

Suits Businessmen

Coke Carbonated drinks

PARADOX

A situation or phrase that appears to be contradictory,

but may actually contain truth.

What a pity that youth must be wasted on the young

Truth is honey which is bitter

ANTITHESIS

Saying the opposite of what you really mean, for effect; sarcasm

Love is an ideal thing, marriage is a real thing

Patience is bitter, but it has a sweet fruit.

IRONY

A figure of speech in which the actual intent is expressed in words that carry the opposite meaning. Lighter and less harsh

than sarcasm.

“Water, water, everywhere,And all the boards did shrink;

Water, water, everywhere,Nor any drop to drink.”

-“The Rime of the Ancient Mariner”, Coleridge

IRONY CONTD.

“Go ask his name: if he be married.

My grave is like to be my wedding bed.”-Romeo and Juliet

IMAGERY

Word, or sequence of words, that vividly describes sensory details.

He whiffed the aroma of brewed coffee

The girl ran her hands on a soft satin fabric

SYMBOLISM

Something represents a completely differing thing or idea.

A red rose or red color stands

Ah Sunflower, weary of time, Who countest the steps of the sun;

Seeking after that sweet golden clime Where the traveler’s journey is done

ALLITERATION

Repeated starting sounds (usually consonants)of words.

Think tongue twisters.

Dunkin’ Donuts PayPal

Best Buy Coca-Cola

ASSONANCE

Repeated vowel sounds contained within words.

Think Dr. Seuss.

Go and mow the lawn. Johnny went here and there and everywhere.

ASSONANCE CONT.

“Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day;

Rage, rage, against the dying of the light. Grave men, near death, who see with blinding

sight, Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be

gay, Rage, rage against the dying of the light.”

-Robert Frost

ONOMATOPOEIA

Words that sound like the sound they are describing.

The buzzing bee flew away.

The sack fell into the river with a splash