1. Bellwork 3/19
Match the term with the definition. Not all the choices are used.
1. metaphor a. exaggeration for effect
2. alliteration b. comparison of two or more things using "like" or "as"
3. simile c. when one idea or sentence is stretched over two or more lines
4. hyperbole d. repeating the same starting sounds of words
5. personification e. comparison of two or more things not using "like" or "as"
6. onomatopoeia f. writing that uses the five senses to create "pictures"
7. imagery g. when the outcome of a situation is the exact opposite of what was expected
8. irony h. when a word's pronunciation imitates its sound
i. giving human traits or characteristics to an object or idea

2. Quickwrite
Think about songs that are popular today. What is one of the most common subjects? Are most love songs tragic or comic? How do they deal with love?

3. ·Read "All in green my love went riding" on pps. 602-603
·Questions 1-7 on p. 605
Critical Thinking Skill
Rewrite “All in green went my love riding” so that it has correct grammar, punctuation, etc.

6. 3. Yes, he was stone, stone dead.
Bellwork 3/20
Write one of the following for each blank: Simile, Metaphor, Personification, or Hyperbole
1. Above all was the sense of hearing acute. I heard all things in the heaven and in the earth.
What technique is being used? ____________________________________________
2. A single dim ray, like the thread of the spider, shot from out the crevice.
3. Yes, he was stone, stone dead.
4. Death has reared himself a throne / In a strange city lying alone
What technique is being used? ___________________________________________
5. It increased my fury, as the beating of a drum stimulates the soldier into courage.
6. All that we see or seem / Is but a dream within a dream.
7. The rosemary nods upon the grave; / The lily lolls upon the wave;
8. The breeze— the breath of God—is still
9. It was a low, dull, quick sound—much such a sound as a watch makes when enveloped in cotton.
What technique is being used? __________________________________________
10. Now each visitor shall confess / The sad valley's restlessness.
hyperbole
simile
metaphor
personification
simile
hyperbole
personification
metaphor
simile
personification

7. Quickwrite and Literary Focus on p. 726

8. Read "Aunty Misery" on pps. 727-728
Questions 1-4 on p. 731
Writing Exercise on p. 731
Critical Thinking Skills
Summarize what your wish story will be about and why you picked the wish you did.

9. Bellwork 3/21
Figure out which technique is being used: simile, metaphor, hyperbole, or personification.
1. Like burnt-out torches by a sick man's bed
Which technique is being used?
_____________________________________________________________
2. There’s a faucet in the basement / that had dripped one drop all year
since he fixed it, we can’t find it / without wearing scuba gear.
__________________________________________________________
3. When the stars threw down their spears, / And water'd heaven with their tears,
______________________________________________________________
4. The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas,
The road was a ribbon of moonlight over the purple moor,
5. The score stood four to two, with but one inning more to play. And then when Cooney died at first, and Barrows did the same,
Which technique is being used? _____________________________________________________________
simile
hyperbole
personification
metaphor
hyperbole

10. It's been a hard day's night, and I been working like a dog
Bellwork 3/22
Figure out which technique is being used: simile, metaphor, hyperbole, or personification.
It's been a hard day's night, and I been working like a dog
What technique is being used? ___________________________________________________________
2. Happiness is a warm gun
3. I ain't got nothing but love, babe / Eight days a week
4. Friday night arrives without a suitcase
5. Thoughts meander like a restless wind / Inside a letter box
simile
metaphor
hyperbole
personification
personification