1. Literary Devices & Poetry December 14, 2007

2. 1 st Learning Target I can identify and explain literary elements in a passage.

3. 2 nd Learning Target I can evaluate what is read based on the author’s word choice, content, or use of literary elements.

4. 3 rd Learning Target I can identify literary devices such as foreshadowing, imagery, or figurative language.

5. Vocabulary Theme Imagery Figurative Language

6. Theme The message of a poem.

7. Imagery The use of vivid or figurative language to represent objects, actions, or ideas.

8. To make an imaginary world seem real, an author often makes use of words and phrases that appeal to the senses. These words and phrases, called images, help a reader mentally experience what the characters in the literary selection are actually experiencing. A well-written description should arouse a particular response or emotion in the reader’s imagination.

9. Figurative Language Describing something through the use of unusual comparisons, for effect, interest, and to make things clearer.

10. Figurative Language comes in many forms: Simile (Comparisons often with as or like) Example: As smooth as silk. As fast as the wind. Quick like a lightening bolt. Metaphor (Implicit comparison without like or as) Example: You’re such an airhead. It’s bursting with flavor.

11. Hyperbole (Exaggerating statement) Example: In order to get my assignment done, I’ll have to burn the midnight oil. Personification (Giving something a human quality) Example: The sun smiled down on me. The leaves danced in the wind.