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November 16th, 2016 Aim: Figurative Language & Sensory Details
Do Now: 1. Take out DWW, put in the center of the table to be collected 2. Quote of the Day “Know the past, understand the present, build the future.” -Randyn T.
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Sensory Details Sensory details are bits of information that you collect through your five senses
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Sensory Details Elaborate with sensory details-give the reader a much clearer idea of what you are describing.
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Sensory Details Sensory details are often used to set the mood of a piece of writing. Exciting Nervous Suspenseful Happy Panicked Calm Cheerful Frightful Peaceful
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Use Sensory Details to add to your writing
EXAMPLE: Smells like sweet, clean air. Looks like stuffing from a pillow. Feels like ice cream. MY FIRST SNOWFALL Sounds like whispering when it falls. Tastes like cold cotton candy.
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Figurative Language Describing something by comparing it with something else.
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Figurative Language Simile: uses the words “like” or “as” to compare one object or idea with another to suggest they are alike. Example: Busy as a bee. Metaphor: states a fact or draws a verbal picture by the use of comparison not using the words “like” or “as”. Example: You are what you eat. Personification: a figure of speech in which human characteristics are given to an animal or an object. Example: My teddy bear hugged me right back.
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Figurative Language Onomatopoeia: the use of a word to describe or imitate a natural sound or the sound made by an object or an action. Example: buzz, hiss, roar, woof Hyperbole: an exaggeration that is so dramatic that no one would believe the statement is true. Example: He was so hungry he ate the whole cornfield for lunch. Assonance: a resemblance of sound in words or syllables. Example: Fleet feet sweep by sleeping geese Alliteration: the repetition of the same initial letter, sound, or group of sounds in a series of words. Alliteration includes tongue twisters. Example: Sally sells seashells by the seashore.
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Author’s Purpose the reason why the text was written
Authors write to do three things: Persuade Inform Entertain
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