1. A quick review Mr. Cook – English II Honors

2. Personification  Giving human characteristics to non human things.  Example: The storm clouds threatened to ruin our picnic.  If an animal is the non human object, it is only personification if the animal does not naturally possess the characteristic.  The jealous dog would not stay away from the food. (not personification)  The malevolent dog tried to eat the children. (personification)

3. Hyperbole  A great exaggeration.  I am so hungry I could eat a horse. (Hyperbole)  I am so hungry I could eat a whole bag of chips. (Not a hyperbole)

4. Alliteration  The repetition of a consonant sound at the beginning of each word.  Sally Sold Sea Shells at the Sea Shore.  Can Kevin Create a Kite with Craft Paper?

5. Analogy  Comparing the relationship between one pair to the relationship between another.

6. Metaphor  A comparison of two unlike things (not using comparison words).  From The Odyssey:  Her heart was iron in her breast.

7. Simile  A comparison of two unlike objects using comparison words (Like, As)  He is as strong as an ox.

8. Theme  The underlying meaning of a literary work.  Made of a motif (concept discussed by a work) and a statement about that motif.  Examples:  Motif – love  Theme – it is better to have loved and lost, than to have never loved at all  Motif – War  Theme - War is a horrible thing to live through.

9. Symbol  An object that represents itself, and something greater than itself.

10. Imagery  Descriptive Language used by an author to paint a picture. Vivid adjectives and adverbs, long descriptions of people, places, objects.

11. Mood  The emotional quality of a piece of writing.

12. Internal Rhyme  In poetry, rhyme that happens inside a single line of poetry.

13. End Rhyme  In Poetry, rhyme that occurs at the end of poetry, linking lines together in a pattern called a rhyme scheme.

14. Types of Poetry - haiku  A type of poem with a 5-7-5 syllable pattern.  Example: Under cherry trees Soup, the salad, fish and all... Seasoned with petals. (Matsuo Basho)  Subject Matter – Traditionally about nature.

15. Types of Poetry – free verse  A poetic style that lacks specific rhyme scheme. The poems may follow metrical patterns. (A haiku is typically a free verse poem because it does not rhyme, although it has the 5-7-5 structure.)

16. Types of Poetry - sonnet  A 14 line poem.  Shakespearian – a 14 line poem of iambic pentameter (10 syllables per line, in a unstressed, stressed pattern)  Two households both alike in dignity  u s u s u s u s u s  Two house | holds both | a like | in dig | ni ty  Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GG Other Sonnet Writers: Petrarch, Longfellow, Spencer

17. Types of Poetry - Ballad  A long narrative poem that tells a story.  Often features characters, actions, events, or other elements of a story  Usually told through the point of view of one of the characters.