English I Week 9

English I Week 9WednesdayTEKSBellringerSuspended for the remainder of the week. YesterdayWe reviewed how to write and edit well.Any questions?Go FigureFigurative LanguageParadox: a statement that apparently contradicts itself and yet might be true.Simile: a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind using like or as.Metaphor: a resemblance of two different objects is made based on common characteristics.Onomatopoeia: wordssuchasbuzzormurmurthatimitatethe soundsassociatedwiththeobjectsoractionstheyreferto.Personification: portrays non-human objects in such a way that we feel they have the ability to act like human beings.Flashback: a scene set in a time earlier than the main story.Foreshadowing: a literary device by which an author hints what is to come.

Hark, hark!Bow-wow.The watch-dogs bark!Bow-wow.Hark, hark! I hearThe strain of strutting chanticleerCry, cock-a-diddle-dow!'(Ariel in William ShakespearesThe Tempest, Act One, scene 2)OnomatopoeiaA free ride when youve already paid. IronyMy brother wasboiling mad.MetaphorYoure as charming as an eel.SimileScary

SimileHer eyes are diamonds. MetaphorDo you believe this statement: Im a compulsive liar. Paradox

IronyAfter talking to friends about certain fads in the past, Andrew remembered about a time he was in high school and dressed a certain way to impress a girl he liked.FlashbackGood advice you just didnt take. IronyThe test was a breeze.MetaphorA character sees swaying birch trees and says, So was I once myself a swinger of birches. And so I dream of going back to be. He goes back to the days of his childhood, and then returns to the present and says, Id like to get away from earth awhile, and then come back to it and begin over.FlashbackBuzzOnomatopoeiaThe avalanche devoured anything standing in its way.PersonificationAfter the teacher took attendance, Sandra was shocked when she saw that James was back in class. Sandra thought about what happened last week at school when James was involved in several fights with other students.Flashback

ParadoxHe saw nothing and heard nothing but he could feel his heart pounding and then he heard theclackon stone and the leaping, droppingclicksof a small rock falling.(For Whom the Bell Tollsby Ernest Hemingway)OnomatopoeiaThe stars danced playfully in the moonlit sky.Personification

ForeshadowingLife is like a box of chocolates.SimileThe wind howled in the night.PersonificationBe cruel to be kind. Paradox

Foreshadowing