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Next week’s work Databases Go over last week’s work Practice Individual Paper Figurative Language & Other Stylistic Effects Planning time 2

Number off from 1-6. Push your desks together. 3

Take out your individual paper instructions: Group 1: Conclusion and Reasons Group 2: Argument Structure Group 3: Ambiguous or Prejudicial Words Group 4: Fallacies Group 5: Hidden Assumptions Group 6 & 7: Missing or Contradictory Information 4

At the top of your chart paper, write down your assigned section. Write bullet points and phrases Don’t write in complete sentences. Remember: For your paper, the paragraphs should be fully developed. Choose one person to share your answers and put them on the board. 5

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an overt comparison between two unlike things as though they were similar -- usually with the words "like," "as,” “as though,” “as if,” and sometimes “seem.” The farmer’s eyes looked like leather, revealing years of toil in the sun. Life is like a box of chocolates. 7

a direct comparison in which a particular quality or characteristic of one thing (the figurative) is transferred to another (the literal) The farmer’s leathery, lined face revealed years of toil in the sun. America is a large, friendly dog in a very small room. Every time it wags its tail, it knocks over a chair. 8

the application of human attributes or abilities to nonhuman entities Art is a jealous mistress. My computer hates me. " Even the dirt kept breathing a small breath." “Root Cellar” by Theodore Roethke 9

Turn to page 203 in your textbook. As a group, do the following for questions 1-5: identify whether it is a simile, metaphor, or personification and explain its meaning. I will call on someone to provide an answer for each question. 10

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An allusion is a reference, within a literary work, to another work of fiction, a film, a piece of art, or even a real event. That was her “15 minutes of fame.” “Five score years ago... “ That was his Achilles’ heel. 12

Toy Story 13

A statement which lessens or minimizes the importance of what is meant. You are in a desert where the temperature was 125 degrees, and you said, "It's a little warm today.” Monty Python Holy Grail: Black Knight Scene 14

A figure of speech in which an overstatement or exaggeration occurs. It is going to take a b'zillion years to get through Medical School. I ate the whole cow. He's 900 years old. 15

"My senior year, I received a telephone call from a gentleman by the name of Mr. Gil Brandt of the Dallas Cowboys. And he stated that the Cowboys was interested in drafting me, and I couldn't ignore it. I decided to attend the Cowboys training camp. That year, 1967, the Dallas Cowboys had 137 rookies in training camp. Gil Brandt was signing everybody that could walk. Only five made the team that year, and I was one of the five."-- Larry Rayfield Wright, Pro Football Hall of Fame Induction Address 16

Directions: Read “Batting Clean-Up and Striking Out.” Identify these techniques in your groups: Simile Hyperbole Allusion 17

What’s the metaphor found in the last sentence? How would you describe the tone of this article? How does he achieve this tone? What larger does this author address? 18