1. EQ: Why do author’s use literary devices in their work?
English 1 Speak

2. personification
a type of metaphor in which a nonhuman thing or quality is talked about as if it were human.

3. personification
Ex: (trees are personified as women throwing off their robes)
“The trees are undressing, and fling in many places –
On the gray road, the roof, the window sill –
Their radiant robes and ribbons and yellow laces.”
-Thomas Hardy, from “Last Week in October”

4. hyperbole
using exaggeration to express strong emotion or create a comic effect.

5. hyperbole
Ex: “that limousine is as long as an ocean liner” “I’m so hungry I could eat a horse”

6. allusion
reference to a person, place, event, statement or thing that is known from literature, history, religion, myth, politics, sports, science or the arts.

8. Reflection How does the caged bird appear to feel? Why?
1. Examine the perspectives of the birds in this picture. Why do the free birds seem to be looking at the caged bird?
How does the caged bird appear to feel? Why?
What message do you suppose the artist who created this picture is trying to convey?
After you answer these questions, write a poem, story, paragraph about a bird breaking free OR draw a picture that shows what will happen next in this picture.

9. “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings”
The Poem
How does this poem relate to Speak?
Consider:
Who is the caged bird?
Who is the free bird?
What is the theme of the poem?
How does it connect to the novel?
Why is it significant that Melinda adds birds to her last tree?