Senator Joseph McCarthy from Wisconsin 1908-1957The most infamous politician in U.S. History!

Reds Under the Beds! Red Scare Everywhere!

Counter-argument. The fear after the Soviets obtained the plans for the atomic bomb. Enola Gay, Little Boy, and Julius and Ethel Rosenberg

Good Night, and Good Luck 2006 Academy Award Nomination for Best Picture. Follows work of Edward R. Murrow in his battle against

Joseph McCarthy on Murrow’s CBS TV show See It Now.

People McCarthy accused of being Communists

the words and sayings we don’t mean literally

• “I am so hungry, I could eat a horse!” Can a human being eat a whole horse?• Figurative Language (non-literal language)• 1. Simile 2. Metaphor 3. Personification 4. Hyperbole• Simile Definition: ________________________________________________________________• ______________________________________________________________________________ • Metaphor Definition: _____________________________________________________________• ______________________________________________________________________________ • Personification Definition: _________________________________________________________ • ______________________________________________________________________________ • Hyperbole Definition: ____________________________________________________________ • ______________________________________________________________________________

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Identify each of these song lyrics as simile, metaphor, personification, or hyperbole

• “I ain’t got nothing but love Babe, eight days a week” (The Beatles). __________________________________________

• Explain your answer ______________________________

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• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vs5qsk0pc6Y

Identify the device used

• “It seems to me you lived your life like a candle in the wind” (Elton John). ______________________________________

• Explain your answer: _____________________________

• ______________________________________________

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• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uvux60fqNU8

Identify the device USEd

• “…and I miss you, like the deserts miss the rain” (Sade).

• _____________________________ Explain your answer: ___________________________________________________

• _________________________________________________

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcFGippGI0I&feature=related

Identify the device used

• “This song is drowning in the blood” (Weezer). __________________________________ Explain answer: _____________________________________________________

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENXvZ9YRjbo&ob=av3e

• (Sorry, this one starts with an ad.)

Identify The device used

• “…and she’s buying a stairway to heaven” (Led Zeppelin). __________________________________ Explain answer: _____________________________________________________

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Q7Vr3yQYWQ