Transcript Literary Devices REVIEW!!!

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…
Alliteration
Sally 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!!!
wich.
mmm…horse sand
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?”
She had a sinking feeling that it was going to rain.
Foreshadowing
Iambic Pentameter
da DUM da DUM da DUM da DUM da DUM
What is a stanza?
1.
2.
3.
4.
A line
A grouping of verse-lines in a poem
The rhythm
A type of poem
Quatrain
Tyger! 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 madly
Like 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!
abab cdcd efef 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!