Literary Terms

Similes: Comparing two things using the words “like” or “as.” Example: the sunset was like a painting in the sky. what is being compared? the sunset is being compared to a painting. what does this mean in plain language? the sunset was colorful and beautiful. Example: the feathers were as soft as silk. what is being compared? feathers are being compared to silk. what does this mean in plain language? the feathers were really soft.

Metaphors: A Metaphor compares two things directly: Example: The lightning was a fork in the sky. Example: the sun is a lemon drop in the sky. When using a metaphor, you can also replace one object for another. Examples: the lemon drop in the sky burned my skin. the booming thunder followed up the glowing fork in the sky.

Oxymoron Examples: “jumbo shrimp” “big baby”

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Repetition words, stanzas, phrases, etc. It’s done to show something of importance.

RHYME The repetition of sounds My Beard by Shel Silverstein My beard grows to my toes, I never wears no clothes, I wraps my hair Around my bare, And down the road I goes. The repetition of sounds End rhyme- the last word on each line rhymes. Internal rhyme- Words INSIDE the sentence rhyme.

ALLITERATION The repetition of the first letter or sound in two or more words in a line. Often found in “tongue-twisters” Example: How much dew would a dewdrop drop if a dewdrop did drop dew?

Example in poetry: Alliteration Alliteration She Walks in Beauty I. She walks in beauty, like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies; And all that’s best of dark and bright Meet in her aspect and her eyes: Thus mellowed to that tender light Which Heaven to gaudy day denies. Alliteration These examples use the beginning sounds of words only twice in a line, but by definition, that’s all you need.

ASSONANCE Repetition of VOWEL sounds within words that are close together Assonance gives emphasis to words or sets the tone in a poem. Examples: How sweet are thee to give me a treat. Up in the sky there flies a great spy plane.

Cacophony Harsh, clashing sounds produced by using words with an explosive sound Examples: The plate crashed to the ground. The car screeched to a stop.

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Allegory Source: https://slideplayer.com/slide/12952324/e:

Irony “Irony is the use of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning.” (https://www.thoughtco.com/irony-figure-of-speech-1691196)

3 Types of Irony: Situational Irony Verbal Irony Dramatic Irony Watch this video to help you understand: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqg6RO8c_W0&list=PL_ldIRvzME0u- 39iZL4YlsFNqd_PxAUff

Situational irony: The Goose & The Golden Egg One day a countryman going to the nest of his Goose found there an egg all yellow and glittering. When he took it up it was as heavy as lead and he was going to throw it away, because he thought a trick had been played upon him. But he took it home on second thought, and soon found to his delight that it was an egg of pure gold. Every morning the same thing occurred, and he soon became rich by selling his eggs. As he grew rich he grew greedy; and thinking to get at once all the gold the Goose could give, he killed it and opened it only to find nothing. Greed oft o'er reaches itself.

Situational Irony: Source: https://www.thoughtco.com/irony-figure-of-speech-1691196

Verbal irony: Grumpy Cat says, “I am so happy!” Source: https://www.southallegheny.org/site/handlers/filedownload.ashx?moduleinstanceid=716&dataid=3055&FileName=fables_%20satires%20and%20irony.pptx

Dramatic irony Source: http://meaning--0.blogspot.com/2015/08/11-what-is-meaning-of-dramatic-irony-in.html

Sources Books (Continued): Random House Book of Poetry: A Treasury of 572 Poems for Today’s Child. Selected by Jack Prelutsky. NY: Random House, 1983. Recess, Rhyme, and Reason: A Collection of Poems About School. Compiled and annotated by Patricia M. Stockland. Minneapolis, MS: Compass Point Books, 2004. Teaching 10 Fabulous Forms of Poetry: Great Lessons, Brainstorming Sheets, and Organizers for Writing Haiku, Limericks, Cinquains, and Other Kinds of Poetry Kids Love. Janeczko, Paul B. NY: Scholastic Professional Books, 2000. Tomie DePaola’s Book of Poems. Selected by Tomie DePaola. NY: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1988. The Twentieth Century Children’s Poetry Treasury. Selected by Jack Prelutsky. NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1999. Weather: Poems. Selected by Lee Bennett Hopkins. NY: HarperCollins, 1994. Writing Poetry with Children. Monterey, CA: Evan-Moor Corp., 1999.

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