1. GET OUT A SHEET OF PAPER TO TAKE NOTES ON (OR OPEN UP THE NOTES SECTION IN YOUR PHONE/TABLET) 2. TITLE IT “FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE”

 Definition: a comparison between two unlike things  Example: “drowning in debt” You may have a lot of debt but you are not literally drowning.

 Definition: extreme exaggeration in poetry.  Example: my sister uses so much makeup, she has to use a chisel to get it off!!  Example: in a house the size the size of a postage stamp, lived a man, as big as a barge….

 Definition: when a human qualities are given to animals or non human inanimate objects.  Example: “the birds were singing in the trees” or “the washing machine purred”  Birds can’t literally sing and a washing machine can’t purr! Duh!!

 Definition: the reader’s attitude and feelings for the poem.  Example: the mood Is the feeling or atmosphere of a piece that the reader feels while reading it.  The mood can be many different things: a feeling of love, a feeling of doom, a feeling of fear, a feeling of pride, an atmosphere of chaos, and an atmosphere of peace.

 Definition: repetition of the same sound at the beginning of the words.  Example: “Shelley sells seashells by the seashore” or “Acquainted with the night” by Robert Frost: “I have stood still and stopped the sound of feet when far away an interrupted cry came over houses from another street.”

 Definition: a comparison between two things that uses the words “like or as”  Example: “her smile is as bright as the sun.” “ the night sky glittered like diamonds.”

 Definition: the author’s feelings about their writing, the poet’s attitude about their work.  The poet’s emotion that comes through in their words.

 A phrase or expression in which the meaning is different than it’s literal meaning  Example: “kick the bucket”, “it’s raining cats and dogs”, or “icing on the cake”

 When words with the same ending sounds are repeated  Seven/eleven/heaven (the “en” sound is repeated)

 Words that imitate sounds  Example: “wham, bam, slam, thank you ma’am”

 When words are repeated throughout poetry (look at the example below) Break em’ down The walls between us, break em’ down

 Denotation is the dictionary definition of a word (it’s literal meaning), connotation is the implied or underlying meaning of a word  Denotation of swag- a curved draping of cloth between two points, like curtains on a window

 The feelings/emotions associated with a word (NOT what the word literally means)  Connotation of swag - style, personal appearance and confidence

 Repeated vowel sounds within a word  Example: “the fleet feet sweep by the greedy geese”

 The voice of the poem, NOT the author  Could be the character in the poem, does not always have a name