Figurative language- Word or a phase that describes one thing in terms of another and is not meant to be understood on a literal (real) level.

Simile basics-  Figure of speech that compares two unlike things using like, as, resembles or than.

Common error corrections

Similes cant really happen

      the boy spoke like the president

     the dancers partied like a rock star

similes do not compare to like things.

                                                                   Metaphor

Metaphors- Figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things without using a connective word such as like, as, than, or resembles.

main types- direct

                    implied

                    extended

Direct metaphors- A metaphor  that says what something is.

Implied metaphor- A less direct metaphor which is often used in conversation.

Extended metaphor- A metaphor that is developed over several lines of poem.

Personification

Personification basics- A kind of metaphor in which a non-human thing or quality is talked about as if it were human.

                               Imagery - Language that appeals to the five senses.

Purpose of imagery:

                to express a specific mood or feeling

                to paint a picture in the readers mind

Five senses:

sight

hearing

taste

smelling

touch

Sight- to see

Sound - to listen to the sounds that you hear

Taste- to eat food

Smell- smell things

Touch- to feel something

                                                                       Poetry

Rhyme- The repetition of the sound of the stressed vowel and any sounds that follow in words that are close together.

Examples of rhyme:

        The cat in the hat

        Choice and voice

        Tingle and jingle

End rhyme's- Rhymes that occur at the end of lines

Rhyme scheme- The pattern of end rhymes in a poem, which is indicated by a different letter for each rhyme.

Intrenanl Rhyme- Rhyme's that occur within a line.

Approximate Rhyme- To words that have some sound in common, but do not rhyme exactly

Free verse- Poetry that does not have a regular meter or ryhme scheme.

Alliteration- Repetition of the same of similar consonant sounds in words that are close together.

Onomatopoeia- Use of words whose sound imitates or suggest its meaning.

Tip- onomatopoeia is more than just sound effects.