Figures of Speech

October 2, 2015

E.Q: Identify literary devices used in literature, songs, pictures, etc.

Obj: I can identify literary devices and analyze their function.

Starter:

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Vocabulary:

Lit Term: Alliteration

Part of Speech: Noun

Dictionary Definition: the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

Your Definition: 

Activity: Identify alliteration in the Raven. 

Lit Term: Assonance

Part of Speech: Noun

Dictionary Definition: in poetry, the repetition of the sound of a vowel or diphthong in nonrhyming stressed syllables near enough to each other for the echo to be discernible (e.g., penitence,reticence ).

Your Definition:

Activity: Identify assonance in the Raven.

Lit Term: Anaphora

Part of Speech: noun

Dictionary Definition: the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses

Your Definition:

Activity: Identify anaphora in the Raven

Lit Term: Epistrophe

Part of Speech: Noun

Dictionary Definition: the repetition of a word at the end of successive clauses or sentences

Your Definition: 

Activity: Identify epistrophe in the Raven.

Activity:

1.  Quiz. Quiz. Trade.

Take our your homework from last night.

On 3 separate index cards, write a simile or metaphor for each one.

On one side write the verse, and on the other side identify the simile/metaphor and what it means.

We will use these cards to practice identifying similes and metaphors.

2.  Cornell Notes

Please read through the list of figures of speech.

Take notes on the devices that you are unfamiliar with and need help understanding.

While taking notes, I strongly encourage that you also look up examples for each term that you include. 

3.  The Raven

Listen the audio book and follow along at your seat. 

As you read, use the Scrible tool to highlight any literary devices you observe. 

See how many you can find from today's vocab.

Closure:

Look over the vocab for today.

Rank the four terms in the order in which you understand them.

Put the one you understand the least as the first and the one you understand the most as the last.