1. Figures of Speech (Figurative Language)
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2. Metaphor: indirect comparison made between two unlike things (without using “like” or “as”)
Ex.: “My baby sister is a doll.”
Simile: comparison between two things using “like” or “as” (“than,” “similar to,” “resembles,” “appears,” or “seems”).

3. Personification: giving a nonhuman thing human-like characteristics
Symbol: a thing (object, person, situation, or action) which stands for something more than itself.
Ex.: The American flag -> freedom/US; 50 stars -> 50 states
Personification: giving a nonhuman thing human-like characteristics
Ex.: “The tree danced in the breeze.”

4. Understatement: saying less than is true
Hyperbole (overstatement): an exaggeration of the truth that is not intended to be taken literally.
Ex.: “I had so much fun shopping yesterday that I spent a billion dollars.”
Understatement: saying less than is true
Ex.: “Wow, I just saw you fall of the roof! Did that hurt?” “Just a little…”

5. Irony: a contrast/discrepancy between what is expected/said and what really happens/truth
Dramatic irony: the reader knows something that a character does not
Verbal irony: what is being said is not true (like sarcasm)
Situational irony: a twist in the story in which something happens which both the reader and character(s) did not expect

6. Onomatopoeia: a word that imitates a sound
Alliteration: repeated consonant sounds occurring at the beginning (within) words
Ex.: “Sally sells seashells by the seashore.”
Onomatopoeia: a word that imitates a sound
Ex.: “hiss,” “buzz,” “snap”

7. Apostrophe: addressing something that cannot respond (absent/dead person, something nonhuman, an abstract, etc.)
Ex.: “Why you got to die, puppy?”
Allusion: in reference to a statement, person, place, thing, literature, sports, TV, history, etc.
Antithesis: a contrast of ideas expressed in a grammatically balanced statement.
Ex.: “…wretches hang so that jurymen may dine.”

8. Synecdoche: a part of a thing that stands for the whole
Ex.: “All hands on deck!”
Idioms: groups of words whose meaning is different from the ordinary meaning of the words.
Ex.: “Put a lid on it!” “Take a hike!” “Cat got your tongue?” “Don’t let the cat out of the bag!” “He came out the closet.”

9. “The Scarlet Ibis” Figures of Speech Chart (384)
Figure of Speech
Example
Ex.: symbol
The scarlet ibis represents Doodle.
Ex.: metaphor/ personification
“…summer was dead but autumn had not yet been born…” (384)
Directions: Find 10 figures of speech in the story. You may not repeat a particular figure of speech more than 3 times. 1. 2.

10. “The Scarlet Ibis” Guidelines for Notes (Period 1, 384)
Definition of “ibis”:
Definition of “allegory”:
Characters:
Narrator
Doodle
Point of View
Setting
Plot
Conflict(s)
Irony
Symbolism
Theme
Climax/Resolution

11. “The Scarlet Ibis” Notes (4th Period, 384)
Define “allegory”:
Define “ibis”:
Setting:
Characters
Narrator
Doodle
Plot:
Point of view:
Irony:
Conflict(s):
Rising/Falling Action:
Theme(s):
Unknown terms: