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DO NOW Take out your vocabulary from Friday – literary terms and poetic devices. Then, in your binders, write funny examples of: simile, metaphor, alliteration.
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Characterization
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Irony
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Protagonist Pro = good PRO athlete PROfessional PROS and cons
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PLOT
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Foreshadowing
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Antagonist
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Flashback
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Climax
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Theme Message, moral, or lesson Jessica's "Daily Affirmation" What is the theme of this video???
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Dialogue Usually in quotation marks, sometimes in italics
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Conflict The problem What is the conflict in The Lion King?
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Point of View 1 st person 2 nd person 3 rd person
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Setting
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Alliteration Repetition of CONSONANT sounds Let’s hear your examples from the Do Now
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Figurative Language Figurative Vs. Literal
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Assonance Repetition of VOWEL sounds Let’s think of examples.
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Onomatopoeia
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Simile vs. Metaphor BrainPOP video
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Paraphrase Para = informal Phrase = group of words
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Personification Examples: The first rays of morning tiptoed through the meadow. She did not realize that opportunity was knocking at her door. My computer throws a fit every time I try to use it. The thunder grumbled like an old man. The flowers waltzed in the gentle breeze. I could hear the weekend calling to me.
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Speaker The poet is not necessarily the “speaker” of the poem.
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Oxymoron The word is made up of two Greek words meaning "sharp" and "dull”. paid volunteerpretty ugly almost exactly whole half open secretdeafening silence clearly confusedold news alone together definite maybe seriously funny
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Tone vs. Mood BrainPOP
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Allusion “Don’t act like a Romeo in front of her.” – “Romeo” is a reference to Shakespeare’s Romeo, a passionate lover of Juliet, in “Romeo and Juliet”. “This place is like a Garden of Eden.” –This is a biblical allusion to the “garden of God” in the Book of Genesis.
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Rhyme
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Hyperbole He knows everything about The Beatles. My high-heels are killing me. Our new house cost a bazillion dollars. The gymnasium was filled with millions of balloons for the school dance. We waited forever for the latest game to be released. I'll be there in 2 seconds.
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Prose vs. Verse
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Stanza How many stanzas are in this poem?
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