Literary Devices

REVIEW!!!

Onomatopoeia“hiss” “boom”

“bang”

“buzz”

“ow”

“Crunch” “Slurp”

Which of the following is a simile?

1. That guy is a pig!

2. I’m as hungry as an elephant!

3. Time is money.

4. “All the world’s a stage!”

Which is an example of Personification?

1. He was as stubborn as a mule!

2. “buzz” “hiss” “bang”

3. The moon smiled down on them.

4. The thunder rolled in quickly.

Most Allusions Come From…

AlliterationSally sold seashells by the sea

shore.

Metaphor

You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make him drink!

Hyperbole

I’m so hungry, I could eat a horse!!!

mmm…horse sandwich.

Which is a Paradox?

1. She had a pretty ugly attitude!

2. Mom likes to eat jumbo shrimp.

3. “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.”

4. “How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?”

Foreshadowing

She had a sinking feeling that it was going to rain.

Iambic Pentameter

da DUM da DUM da DUM da DUM da DUM

What is a stanza?

1. A line

2. A grouping of verse-lines in a poem

3. The rhythm

4. A type of poem

QuatrainTyger! Tyger! burning bright

In the forests of the night,

What immortal hand or eye

Could frame thy fearful symmetry?

Couplet

“Whether or not we find what we are seeking

is idle, biologically speaking.”

-- Edna St. Vincent Millay (at the end of a sonnet)

Okay Class….

It’s Karaoke time!

“Twinkle, twinkle little star,

How I wonder what you are!

Up above the world so high,

Like a diamond in the sky.

Twinkle, twinkle little star,

How I wonder what you are!”

What was the refrain?

What type of poem is this?

Bearing no flowers,I am free to toss

madlyLike the willow tree.

What about this?

There once was a fly on the wall

I wonder why didn’t it fall

Because its feet stuck

Or was it just luck

Or does gravity miss things so small?

Fill in the blanks

Shakespearean/English Sonnet Rhyme Scheme:

__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __

That’s Right!

a b a b c d c d e f e f g g

The Odyssey is an example of …

Epic Poetry AND Narrative poetry!

What should I study?Your NOTES

Your HANDOUTS

EXAMPLES from class

Good Luck!