LIT TERMS #1 PRACTICE

CONNOTATION/DENOTATION EXAMPLES WHAT DOES EACH SET OF WORDS ACTUALLY MEAN? WHAT CONNOTATION DOES EACH WORD PORTRAY? 1. Inquisitive, Interested, Curious, Convivial Inquisitive can mean that someone asks too many questions. 2. Confident, Secure, Proud, Egotistical Proud and egotistical mean that someone thinks very highly of themselves. 3. Lovely, Knockout, Beautiful, Stunning Although knockout can be taken as a compliment, it can also be considered sexist when referring to a woman. 4. Talkative, Conversational, Chatty, Nosy Talkative and chatty can mean that someone talks too much; and nosy that someone asks too many questions.

FOR THE FOLLOWING SLIDES: USE YOUR VOCAB WORDS TO IDENTIFY THE EXAMPLES THE EXAMPLES CAN BE: IMAGERY, PERSONIFICATION, HYPERBOLE, UNDERSTATEMENT, OXYMORON, SYNECDOCHE, METONYMY, SIMILE, METAPHOR “It was so cold, I saw polar bears wearing jackets” Hyperbole

“I have to have this operation. It isn't very serious. I have this tiny little tumor on the brain." Understatement

Deafening silence Oxymoron

A host, of golden daffodils; Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze. Continuous as the stars that shine And twinkle on the Milky Way Imagery

He is the apple of my eye Metaphor

"Land ho! All hands on deck!" Synecdoche

The waitress told her manager, “The ham sandwich left a big tip.” Metonymy

They are as different as night and day. Simile

Clearly confused Oxymoron

“I’ve told you a million times” Hyperbole

The stars danced playfully in the moonlit sky. Personification

That went over like a lead balloon. Simile

I am experiencing a rollercoaster of emotions today Metaphor

“The car accident wasn’t that bad, just 5,000 dollars in damages.” Understatement

The run down house appeared depressed. Personification

"In a corner, a cluster of lab coats made lunch plans." Metonymy

"Take thy face hence." Synecdoche

MOOD The yellow fog that rubs its back upon the window-panes The yellow smoke that rubs its muzzle on the window-panes Licked its tongue into the corners of the evening Lingered upon the pools that stand in drains, Let fall upon its back the soot that falls from chimneys What is the mood? Sad/Melancholy

TONE "Oh! No mortal could support the horror of that countenance. A mummy again endued with animation could not be so hideous as that wretch. I had gazed on him while unfinished; he was ugly then; but when those muscles and joints were rendered capable of motion, it became a thing such as even Dante could not have conceived.“ What is the tone? Terror, scary, horrific "I shall be telling this with a sigh/Somewhere ages and ages hence:/Two roads diverged in a wood, and I,/I took the one less traveled by,/And that has made all the difference.“ What is the tone? sullen, unhappy, regretful